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April 3, 2009  RSS feed


Tentative State Budget Deal Cuts Need For Thousands of Layoffs
Unions Balked At Paterson Demand for Concessions; Taxing Wealthy Instead
A threat by Governor Paterson to reduce the state workforce by 8,900 employees, with layoffs part of the equation, has been minimized if not eliminated by the March 30 budget agreement announced by the Governor and state legislative leaders. More...
Klein: 2,000 Teacher Layoffs Possible If State Shortchanges Us
By DAVID SIMS

Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein said March 26 that the Department of Education is planning to reduce between 3,000 and 5,000 employees through layoffs and attrition in the fiscal year that starts July 1, despite the influx of stimulus funds. More...

Worse Comes to Worst: MTA Sharpens the Knife
Still Hope for State Rescue
By ARI PAUL

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted March 25 to move forward with its worst of all worlds budget, which includes service cuts and a 23-percent fare increase, after state lawmakers could not agree on new revenue streams to close the agency's $1.2-billion deficit. More...

Amid Transit Tumult, TWU Leader Keeps Low Profile
Picks Diplomacy Over Mobilizing
By ARI PAUL

Since the Metropolitan Transportation Authority budget More...


TWU Challenger: Half Of Membership Could Be Kept From Voting
By ARI PAUL

Transport Workers Union Local 100 presidential candidate John Samuelsen March 25 filed a protest with the union's neutral election monitor, alleging that rules regarding members' dues status for the June vote unfairly disenfranchise a significant portion of the union. More...


Find Ex-State Tax Boss Corrupted Civil Service
Designed' Jobs for Herself, Cronies
By TOMMY HALLISSEY

The State Inspector General has concluded that the former Acting Commissioner of the Department of Taxation and Finance violated state law by acquiring tenured jobs for herself and nine other attorneys by routinely tailoring civil service exams to fit favored applicants. More...


Old Guard Tops Reformers In School Bus Union Vote
Cordiello New '1181' Head
By RICHARD STEIER

An official with ties to the disgraced past leadership of the union representing school bus drivers was narrowly elected president March 26 after two candidates who broke away from the leading reform group siphoned votes from its nominee. More...


 Editorial
• Opportunity Lost at '1181'
The members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, which represents school bus drivers and escorts and Access-A-Ride personnel, had a chance to make a clean break from the 30-year period in which the union was tied to organized crime. More...
• Corrupting Civil Service
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
• article has image Kings of Queens Are Knaves and Jokers
The dysfunction that amounts to government as usual in Albany over the past two weeks produced two striking and not-unrelated events: a transportation system doublewhammy of major fare hikes and severe service cuts, and indictments of two of the Legislature's lesser lights and two key aides to the former State Comptroller. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• Samuelsen Lacks Militancy
To The Editor: An article in The Chief March 27 misstates the Revolutionary Transit Worker (RTW) stand on the Take Back Our Union (TBOU) caucus in TWU Local 100. The article headed "Local 100 Challenger Puts Emphasis on Fighting Back" states that I "would support Mr. Samuelsen's presidential run" in the coming Local 100 elections. That's not the case. More...
• Roger's Rules of Politics
• Cut Consultants to Save
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image Taking a Pension Loan? Don't Charge Pay-Back
Current Pension Topics
Using the member's accumulated annuity contributions as collateral/security, the eight public-sector retirement systems of New York are willing to make loans to their active members. These lenders charge substantially less interest than a loan that is just secured by the good faith and credit of the borrower (an unsecured loan). More...
• article has image Your Social Security
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
• Keyboard Specialist Positions With State
Pays $25G or Higher To Start; Hundreds Of Hirings Expected; Must Pass Multiple-Choice And Performance Exams; No Experience Needed
The state Department of Civil Service is accepting applications for an exam leading to hundreds of entry-level Keyboard Specialist I jobs. The starting salary is $25,000- $26,677 beginning on April 1. More...
• CITY CERTIFICATIONS
• IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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