Claim That Savings for ACS Are Outweighed By Harm to Schools
Union leaders and legislators April 16 protested the Department of Education's plan preparing for maximum kindergarten class sizes of 25 because of the influx of children from financially struggling day-care centers.
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Gets Off With Reprimand
By DAVID SIMS
Former District Council 37 Local 1505 President Michael Hood has been reprimanded for violating the union's financial code, but was cleared of more serious charges of stealing $6,000 in Thanksgiving turkey vouchers from the local by a Judicial Panel from its international union. More...
Top of the Class
By DAVID SIMS
Six City University of New York Professors have been awarded 2009 Guggenheim Fellowships, tied for the greatest number of winners among universities nationally. The Guggenheim Fellowship is a grant awarded to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
The Sergeants Benevolent Association has reached a tentative agreement with the city to modify the existing wage contract to enhance the salary schedule for Sergeants promoted after April 1, 2006. More...
Labor Dept. Requires FDNY to Pay for EMS Gas-Mask Lenses