Harry Nespoli, chairman of the city's labor coalition, suggested letting New York
apply some of the $ 400 million of unused cash from the union health - insurance fund to pay for teachers who would be fired
under the
mayor's $ 65.7 billion spending plan.
But the mandate would only
apply to structures
under 10 stories, where the
mayor said the bulk of accidents occur, not to the 15 - floor building on Worth Street where last week's disaster took place.