TWU, Rider Advocate Say Move Will Hurt Service, Safety and Revenues
In a move that one transit advocate dubbed Orwellian, New York City Transit will eliminate nearly 600 Station Agent jobs to help cut its parent agency's budget because the agents do not provide what it called "direct service.
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On Brooklyn/Queens Border
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
A few years ago, Bobby Berl, a retired cop and NYPD buff, bought a burial certificate for a plot with the Metropolitan Police Benevolent Burial Association on Ebay for $3, along with an assortment of other police memorabilia. After gathering dust for some time, the document sent Mr. More...
Get Bargaining Rights, Paid OT
By DAVID SIMS
More than 400 city Administrative Managers will be unionized as members of Communications Workers of America Local 1180 under a decision by the Office of Collective Bargaining's Board of Certification in a case that dragged on for 15 years. More...
Says Official 'Violated Trust'
By RICHARD STEIER
A blistering report by the State Inspector General finding that the Executive Director of the Commission on Public Integrity leaked details of a probe of the Troopergate scandal to a key aide of then-Governor Eliot Spitzer led Governor Paterson to demand May 13 that all members of the commission resign. More...
By DAVID SIMS
Mitchell Wiener, a Queens Assistant Principal, died of complications from swine flu May 17, becoming the first fatality in the city since cases were reported in schools last month. Mr. Wiener, who worked at I.S. 238 in Hollis for more than 30 years, died five days after entering the hospital and three days after his school was closed due to safety concerns. More...
Last week's story on the upcoming Court Officer Trainee exam incorrectly stated that candidates needed a high school diploma in order to take the test. They do not need the diploma until they are being appointed to the job. More...
Wounded Sergeant Leaves Hospital; Doc: Miraculous