Pension-Related Squeeze Hurts Health Talks, Nespoli Warns
Mayor Bloomberg's top deputy sparked a rhetorical war with a top union official April 2 by threatening layoffs unless pension reforms were achieved. The New York Post reported that Deputy Mayor for Operations Ed Skyler told the Citizens Budget Commission that the current defined-benefit pension plans are "not only obsolete but unaffordable.
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By ARI PAUL
The City Council April 2 voted to reduce its operating budget by 3.3 percent, the same rate as the Mayor's Office, with Speaker Christine C. Quinn saying the cut would not result in layoffs or affect individual Council Members' budgets. More...
Failed to Bargain With DEA
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
The Board of Collective Bargaining has ruled that the NYPD must stop psychological testing of undercover cops because the policy, which it imposed after the Sean Bell shooting, violated labor law. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
A Bronx judge April 3 convicted an NYPD Police Officer of manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed civilian. Raphael Lora was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter for the May 2007 murder of Fermin Arzu, 41. He faces up to 15 years in prison, but his sentence is likely to be much shorter. More...
Despite Local 1549 Objections
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
A "significant number" of city cops are now serving in up to 1,276 civilian jobs on a rolling basis because the work is vital to the NYPD, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly told the City Council March 31. More...
Life Behind Bars For Man Guilty in Murder Of P.O. Timoshenko