Sentences with phrase «city police officers because»

Mayor Bill de Blasio, generally a champion of unions, opposes a state Assembly bill that would boost disability pensions for New York City police officers because he believes it would put too big a dent in the city budget, Capital has learned.

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Rep. Peter King (R - N.Y.) said police officers should not have turned their backs to Bill de Blasio because it creates «sympathy» for the embattled New York City mayor.

«I get to play a retired cop on a TV show now, but that's only because all the firefighters and police officers who are on the front lines every day who keep this city safe,» James said.

«As a city where more than 300 languages are spoken, London has a proud history of tolerance and diversity and to suggest there are areas where police officers can not go because of radicalisation is simply ridiculous... Crime has been falling steadily both in London and in New York - the only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump»

Mayor de Blasio opened an old wound with city police officers — saying the comments he made in 2014 about having had to «train» his biracial son, Dante, to «take special care» around cops should not have sparked controversy, because they are true.

«This bad verdict will have a chilling effect on police officers across the city because it criminalizes a tragic accident,» said PBA President Patrick Lynch.

Donovan said he delayed formally announcing his candidacy until Friday evening because he thought it inappropriate «to be political in that time» while the city was mourning fallen police Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos and MTA Officer Thomas Choi.

It's sad because right now we're not even able to keep teachers, firefighters, police officers, EMT workers in the city because they can not afford living in New York City anymcity because they can not afford living in New York City anymCity anymore.

Lynch slammed the mayor's comments, saying «our city is safe because of police officers,» adding de Blasio was «throwing them under the bus.»

The city successfully defended the two police officers accused of excessive force, but Kornmann said he might order a new trial because of Davis» no - show.

«Muslim officers are not ISIS because of their religion, they are heroes because of their commitment to serve in the New York City Police Department — to protect us from ISIS,» he said.

One pack of strays has been eliminated but animal control officials said Monday dog packs are still a threat to residents and the city is not doing enough to control them.DeLand police Maj. Charles Thurmond said animal control is an continuing problem for the city because the police department's animal control officer, Ed Balken, must spend half his time doing other jobs, such as taking police cruisers into the shop and doing janitorial work.

We receive calls and emails daily from emergency animal clinics, distressed owners who are afraid they will lose their pets because they can't afford care, city pounds that have taken in animals that are beyond their capacity to help, and concerned citizens or police officers who have found animals in desperate need.

The United States Supreme Court released its judgment in City Of Ontario, California, et al. v. Quon et al. today, deciding that when police officer Quon's employers examined his pager records, they did not violate his Fourth Amendment rights, because although he had a reasonable expectation of privacy, as the jury determined the employer's examination was for the legitimate, work - related purpose of deciding whether the current character limit in the contract with the provider was adequate.

@NateEldredge Because taking the money from the city is just unfair to those whom had nothing to do with this case but more importantly it relieves personal responsibility from the police officer involved.

Barring a non-citizen from holding a local police officer job for, say, the City of Hoboken isn't illegal national origin discrimination because that non-citizen doesn't meet one of the essential requirements for the job, so that person is not qualified for the job.

We were both getting ready to drive away when a police officer pulled up and said that because it was on the city's main street, we need to file an accidnet report.