Decry Impact of Future Hires Working Longer For Fewer Benefits
A statewide coalition of police and fire unions last week lobbied both state legislators and Governor Paterson to reconsider the Governor's veto of a bill that would have continued Tier 2 pension benefits for their future members.
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20-Year Staffers Due to Lose Jobs
By DAVID SIMS
Provisional workers in the Administration for Children's Services are being laid off despite having more than 20 years of city service because they are not tenured civil servants. Geraldine Knight started work as a House Parent in the group home system, working there for 12 years until the group houses were closed. More...
Chastised By Union, Arbitrators
By DAVID SIMS
District Council 37 Local 154 President Juan Fernandez has slammed the City Commission on Human Rights after two decisions in which it was chastised for its treatment of Human Rights Specialists whom it employs and he represents. More...
NYPD Honors Its Heroes
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
Police Officer Angel Cruz was working an overnight shift on March 13, 2007 at the Broadway Junction train station in Brooklyn when he spotted two men on the platform smoking cigarettes. As he attempted to write them a summons, one of them punched him and the other, Hugo Hernandez, stabbed him in the left side of the head with a hunting knife. More...
By DAVID SIMS
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services is holding a civil service exam for the Clerical Administrative Associate position as late as 9 p.m. this Saturday, despite the test being 3½ hours long. The scheduling of the test would require exam-takers to travel home after midnight on a weekend with other logistical problems looming. More...
As Swine Flu Spreads In Jails, COBA Points Finger