Thompson to Meet Trustees Of All Five Systems To Discuss Changes
The city's three largest pension funds April 24 voted to discontinue the authority of an investment firm that has been linked to improprieties in the state pension fund to make future investments on their behalf. City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr.
More...
Won't Reopen Wage Deals
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
The steps of City Hall were filled with members of the two largest state employee unions April 22 as they protested Governor Paterson's threat of up to 8,700 state layoffs. Civil Service Employees Association Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio brought copies of the contract to the protest to illustrate the point that his union would not reopen its wage deal. More...
Comptroller, Mayor At Odds
By DAVID SIMS
Union and elected officials April 22 re-stated their objections to the city's plans to eliminate kindergarten and cut back pre-kindergarten classes in day-care centers, with City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. saying that Mayor Bloomberg had "chosen to turn his back on the struggles of working families. More...
Must Reconsider Teaching Bid
By DAVID SIMS
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled that the Department of Education's rejection of an ex-convict's application to be a substitute Teacher was unlawful because the DOE ignored substantial evidence, including a certificate of relief from the parole board, proving his rehabilitation. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
City Investigation Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn April 22 announced the arrest of a Correction Captain and his live-in companion of more than six years on charges that they defrauded the Housing Authority of nearly $60,000 in Section 8 rental subsidies by lying about their relationship. More...
Council Bill to Compel Data On Youth Violence in Jails