Sentences with phrase «for city employees»

Officials blamed the increase on salaries, fringe benefits and health care costs for city employees, which is why they cut city hall staff by 7.5 positions.

The mayor said the money will be used for lawyers for city employees being questioned about city work.

De Blasio raised the minimum wage for city employees in January 2016, about three months before the New York State Legislature passed a new statewide minimum wage in April.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg closed his budget gaps by not negotiating new contracts with any city unions, so wages and benefits for city employees remained flat.

Mayor Stephanie Miner said she has tried to expand residency requirements for city employees since before she was mayor.

New York City has had a Ban the Box type ordinance in place for city employees since 2011, and on June 10th an overwhelming majority of the City Council passed a version of the law to cover private employers with 4 or more employees as well.

Another bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to run a study of the feasibility of offering discounted child care for city employees that could include a one - year pilot program.

But there are elements of an opening for Spitzer in the fact that the comptroller manages some of the biggest pools of money in the world, retirement funds for city employees.

BUFFALO, NY — Mayor Byron W. Brown announced new City of Buffalo workplace gender transition guidelines for city employees Friday afternoon.

On the other hand, Manhattan voters say they support furloughs for city employees 57 to 32 percent, and they back wage freezes, even for teachers.

She blocked paid leave for city employees.

There are also questions around whether Cuomo will include a proposal and dedicated funding for paid family leave, something that de Blasio recently moved on for some city employees and called on the state to pass for all workers.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for city employees at DC 37 headquarters in Manhattan.

In his memo dated December 7, Gallo said the city faces a number of unfunded mandates that is obligated to pay annually including increased costs for the city's solid waste / sludge tipping feels with the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, and union contract settlements and medical plans for city employees and retirees.

Miner's budget calls for no raises for city employees.

NYPD, FDNY, the Department of Corrections and other uniformed services lost more than 4,600 positions from among their ranks under Bloomberg's watch, a reduction that represented the single biggest share of the overall drop among positions for city employees, the IBO found.

Miner says she did talk to him about the issue when she decided to raise the minimum wage for city employees late last year.

Phillips also repeated de Blasio's assertion from last week that no taxpayer money will be used to defend him in either probe although the city has already given out $ 11.6 million in legal contracts to hire attorneys for city employees who will be questioned or called to testify.

State - mandated pension contributions for city employees have skyrocketed since the stock market crash of 2008 depleted state retirement funds.

One major challenge de Blasio faces, and in unique fashion to his three - term predecessor, is balancing his time spent governing versus campaigning, while also adhering to conflicts of interest rules for all city employees.

The mayor's campaign team brushed off the results, and rattled off a list of the mayor's signature initiatives: a decrease in the NYPD's use of stop - and - frisk, a rent - freeze in regulated apartments, higher wages for city employees and universal prekindergarten.

With both its members» continued employment and its retirees» pensions on the line, you would think that the United Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of Teachers - affiliated NYC teachers union, would do everything in its power to help the city maximize returns for city employees.

Developing energy efficiency and community solar programs for city employees to participate in at home

Prepares city financial statements, handles city financial transactions, and prepares payroll for city employees and elected officials, and serves as the Treasurer for the city.

CITY MANAGEMENT / INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIP EXPERTISE Principle - centered leadership and empowerment style management that sets the tone and image for city employees

MIDDLETOWN — An increase in workers» compensation insurance premiums and pension costs for city employees will make it tough for Middletown to develop a 2014 budget, Mayor Joseph DeStefano said.

But James, city councilmembers and advocates were careful to thank the mayor for his new commitment to raise the minimum wage for city employees to $ 15 an hour.

Masterpole said he has also undertaken some high - impact audits, including his 2012 report on health care benefits for city employees.

There have been battles, too, over an Obamacare expansion of Medicaid, how much state - owned land to set aside for conservation and residency requirements for city employees.

Here, in a nutshell, is the fiscal challenge for Syracuse: Since Miner took office, the cost of pensions and health care for city employees has increased by $ 22 million a year.

Retirement costs for city employees, including cops and firefighters, increased by $ 1.2 million from last year.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some Syracuse Common Councilors show their support for raising the minimum wage for city employees.

The unit had been formed in January 2016 as a joint initiative under Speaker Mark - Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio to more thoroughly engage multilingual and cultural media outlets and included a compiled directory «for city employees to use in outreach and informational and paid campaign efforts.»

Just last week we increased the minimum wage for city employees to $ 15 and offered 6 weeks paid parental leave to 20,000 city employees.»

In his State of the City speech Bloomberg said pension costs for all city employees — not just teachers — have increased 360 percent since he became mayor in 2002 and calculated that if the subway fare had increased a similar amount, it would now cost straphangers $ 7.05 — each way — to go to work.

The Syracuse Common Council voted down a motion supporting Mayor Stephanie Miner's decision last week to raise the minimum wage for city employees to $ 15 an hour.

A city spokesman said Wolfson bought the stock in 2007 — three years before he took the post — and that the investment amount was «close to $ 5,000» and, therefore, «far below the threshold that raises potential conflict of interest issues» for city employees.

He laid out the major new investments from the preliminary budget — including $ 115 million for the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers, investments in public safety, funding education initiatives under the mayor's Equity and Excellence agenda, investments in transportation and social services, along with a few Council priorities.

Council Member Brad Lander asked about how the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers would be implemented and then moved to homeless shelters, saying they were perpetually under - budgeted.

Massachusetts adopted a salary history ban in 2016 (it will go into effect July 2018); and in 2017, California (in effect January 2018), Oregon (in effect January 2019), Delaware (December 2017), and Puerto Rico (in effect March 2018) did the same, along with the cities of New York, Pittsburgh (for city employees only), and New Orleans (for city employees only).