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QUIETING HER CRITICS: The contract deal completed by District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts earned her some redemption after her previous wage pact was widely denounced by other labor leaders as having created an unfavorable bargaining pattern in 2004. Even New York Public Library Local 1930 President Lynn Taylor (right), who voted against last week's agreement with the Bloomberg administration, acknowledged the package has some tangible gains and 'it's very cleverly constructed.'