Won't Be Counted Until December
Imagine if after the fierce Obama- McCain campaign, voters had cast their ballots last Nov. 4 and then had to wait until May to find out who their new President was. That is essentially what is happening in the Transport Workers Union Local 100 election.
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Includes New Co-Pays
By RICHARD STEIER
The Municipal Labor Committee and the Bloomberg administration have reached a deal that will provide the city with $200 million in healthcare savings while also postponing the layoff of permanent civil servants for at least three months. More...
Upheld Tossing Promotion List
By ARI PAUL
When President Obama nominated Federal Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court last week, it promised to restart a debate about race-based promotions in public employment. As a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Ms. More...
Victim Was Off Duty
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
An off-duty NYPD Police Officer May 28 was fatally shot in East Harlem by a fellow cop who mistook the gun-wielding officer who was pursuing a car thief for a criminal, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said. "And while we don't know all of the details of what happened tonight, this is a tragedy," Mayor Bloomberg told reporters at Harlem Hospital Center. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
Four former cops who worked at Ground Zero following 9/11 have sued the city after they were denied disability benefits for developing sleep apnea, which is not included in the World Trade Center disability bill. More...
PBA: Zadroga Bill As Rewritten Could Deny Cops 9/11 Coverage