TWU Election Anomalies
      The problems inherent in the current election process for Transport Workers Union Local 100 officers were underscored last week when the slate challenging the incumbent group accused New York City Transit of taking sides by switching the site for orientation of new employees to the union's headquarters.
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Feds' Crisis Mentality
      The Obama Administration's decision not to use Federal stimulus money allocated to the long-running COPS program to help the city hire new cops on the grounds that the NYPD was already reducing crime and New York's budget was balanced had the effect, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly lamented last week, of being "penalized for succeeding.
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