Sentences with phrase «more police and firefighters»

Mayor Richard Thomas aims to prioritize public safety, add more police and firefighters to the force

Not exact matches

The police and firefighters have looked all over the city very carefully to make sure there are no more bombs.

The City of Chicago is planning for more than 70,000 people to mob an election - night rally in Grant Park for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, an event that will involve police and firefighters working overtime, blocked streets and at least $ 2 million in extra costs.

The Republican - led state Senate on Tuesday is moving on more than half dozen bills that seek new protections for first responders, including police, firefighters and emergency service personnel.

The penal law currently allows suspects to be charged with the more serious first - degree murder for the killing of a police officer, correctional facility employee, judge, firefighter, emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician and registered nurse.

Another bill vetoed by the governor would have expanded the option of more expensive 20 - year retirement for some police officers and firefighters.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James joined police and firefighter unions to push for more generous disability benefits, setting up a fight with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is promising police and firefighters in New York City a better deal on their disability benefits, as a budget watch dog group warns against the proliferation of end of session bills that give union workers more benefits.

Scrapping the payout would save the city an estimated $ 1 billion a year — «the equivalent cost of more than 10,000 teachers, police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers, and correction officers,» Bloomberg told legislators on Monday.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone wants more young people to know that, among doctor, lawyer, firefighter or police officer, «farmer» is also a viable career, and an attainable and realistic life goal.

More than 140 New York City firefighters, police officers and other workers are in Puerto Rico to help, and Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing for an expected influx of thousands of Puerto Ricans fleeing the storm's damage.

No New Yorker who was alive that day will ever forget the horror of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 or the extraordinary heroism of the more than 400 courageous police officers and firefighters who were killed attempting to rescue the innocent victims trapped high above in the flaming towers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is promising police and firefighters in New York City a better deal on their disability benefits, as a budget watch dog group warns against the proliferation of end of session bills that give union workers more benefits.

Two of the city's leading Democrats joined police and firefighter unions Friday to push for more generous disability benefits, setting up a fight with Mayor Bill de Blasio.

From June 2002 through June 2013, Bloomberg oversaw the loss of more jobs from the ranks of the city's uniformed services than from any other sector — including police officers, firefighters and Department of Education workers, according to a report released Tuesday by the city's Independent Budget Office.

Governor Cuomo is promising police and firefighters in New York City a better deal on their disability benefits, as a budget watch dog group warns against the proliferation of end of session bills that give union workers more benefits.

«You can have an awful lot more teachers, police officers and firefighters for $ 32 million a year,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at the Flatiron headquarters of Efficiency 2.0, a three - year - old firm dedicated to helping utility companies work with their customers to reduce energy consumption.

More than a third of the oncoming shift of police, firefighters, paramedics, nurses, and doctors do not show up for work.

It can be used as a representation of another person — this is perfect for anyone involved in contact sports and those in the armed forces, police, firefighters and many more occupations.

Congress added a little more confusion in 2016 when a change was made so that special category federal employees (i.e., law enforcement officers, firefighters, Customs and Border Protection Officers, Air Traffic Controllers, Supreme Court and Capitol Police Officers, Nuclear Materials Couriers, and DSS Special Agents in the State Department) had a dividing line of 50, rather than 55 for penalty free withdrawals from their TSP accounts.

Police and firefighters rescued a dog in south Florida Monday whose head was trapped in a discarded bait cooler — possibly for more than a week.

Even though these occupations can be more dangerous than other jobs, getting life insurance for police officers, life insurance for firefighters, and life insurance for EMTs does not differ from regular citizens.

The Firefighters, police officers, and EMTs we work with are often looking for more life insurance coverage because they feel their current department's benefit plans do not offer enough life insurance.

There are a wide variety of jobs that are eligible for lower cost car insurance including doctors, police officers, teachers, firefighters and many more.

Building 100 single - family homes creates more than 300 full - time jobs and $ 8.9 million in federal, state and local tax revenues that help fund local schools, police and firefighters in markets across the land.

The tax hike is expected to raise more than $ 500 million to help pay for Chicago police and firefighter pensions over the next four years.