Sentences with phrase «of city firefighters»

The former head of the city firefighters union — who now runs the FDNY's pension fund — was arrested Wednesday for allegedly crashing his government car in Manhattan while drunk...

The FDNY this week honored the hundreds of city firefighters who served overseas in World War I and II — with a special remembrance for the 43 Bravest who gave the battle their all.

Not exact matches

It brought him back to years earlier when, as a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, he served as a first responder on September 11, crawling through the giant blocks of brick and mortar that had collapsed hours earlier.

In the deadliest recent incident, a firefight erupted late Friday in the resort city of Mazatlan after a caller phoned police to report that an armed group had killed two men.

«With the arrival of autonomous drones, industrial drones, better sensors and better prediction we should be able do a better job saving our forests, cities and firefighters.»

But the city's police officers and firefighters say they have not been consulted on the design of the new facility, which they fear will be too small.

The Firefighters» Pension System of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, 414 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106, which held 100 shares of our common stock on November 7, 2008; along with the following co-filers: Miami Fire Fighters» Relief and Pension Fund, 2980 N.W. South River Drive, Miami, FL 33125 - 1146, which held 10,785 shares of our common stock on November 8, 2008; and the City of Philadelphia Public Employees Retirement System, Two Penn Center Plaza, 16th Floor,

But the city's firefighters and cops say they have concerns about their future workplace that have not been addressed because they've been left out of the conversation.

San Francisco, for example, enjoys the benefits of tech fortunes, but its homes are largely unaffordable for the police officers, firefighters and teachers the city needs.

A man has died after a Victorian church building collapsed east of Cardiff city centre on Tuesday afternoon, a senior firefighter has said.

A group representing a New York City firefighter who survived the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks filed suit Wednesday seeking to nullify a ruling that cleared the way for construction of what's come to be known as the «ground zero mosque.»

Last year, the city of Eugene, Ore., barred Christmas trees from public property, then backed down a bit and allowed firefighters to put up a tree on Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Elsie, the Borden cow, finished tenth, and Ronald McDonald was eighth... Despite pockets of loyal followers, McDonald's has discontinued its breakfast burrito, probably in favor of its new breakfast bagel, which they hope will attract a loyal adult following... Firefighters put a damper on what would have been a city - wide barbecue fest when they contained an early morning blaze at the Dean Sausage Company in Attalla, Alabama before it reached the cold storage lockers containing $ 200,000 worth of meat... Perhaps the most absurd recent product introduction and promotion is Light Done Right Dressingology, which purports to link certain low - fat and reduced - calorie Kraft salad dressings with personality types....

Ed «Fast Eddy» Maurin, a Kansas City firefighter, developed his line of pellet cookers in the late 1990's and later sold the operation to

«Sometimes women just want to be rescued,» Your Tango declared after a survey of single women in New York City revealed a preference for firefighters (brawn) and Wall street execs (bucks) as potential perfect mates.

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.

As mayor of Rochester, Duffy (who is the city's former police chief) is putting his foot down when it comes to overtime for police and firefighters.

As mourners prepare to gather today to pay final respects to a New York City firefighter who died battling a fire in Harlem, officials said the cause of the blaze remains a mystery and that the fire - ravaged building must be torn down.

Lawmakers are also considering an extension of a tax break for lower Manhattan real - estate that is favored by the Real Estate Board of New York and a provision to bolster New York City police and firefighter pensions.

There would, however, be a separate bill in which Cuomo seeks an agreement to allow some police officers, firefighters and members of the New York City Employees» Retirement System, which includes corrections officers, to qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits, according to an anonymous administration official who spoke to the New York Times.

The New York City Fire Department commissioner said he wants more than 50 percent of firefighters to be minority and 15 percent to be women in 12 years — a sharp uptick from current levels.

A New York City firefighter died today after falling from the roof of an apartment building in Queens, a Fire Department official said.

Watertown Fire Chief Dale Herman will file the application on behalf of the city, hoping to bring on four new firefighters with the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant.

However, by far the most expensive of all the public pension changes proposed this year — a restoration of generous disability retirement benefits for recently hired New York City police and firefighters — did not win approval before the legislative session ended.

«The Town of Batavia and the City of Batavia could go to a fire, fighting alongside each other, and if a firefighter develops cancer, he is covered with his cancer, any cancer he gets.

Makes all New York City police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers, and all surviving spouses eligible for variable supplements fund, regardless of number of years of service.

• Rick «Wall Street Lobbyio» Lazio's taxpayer bailout bonus... $ 1.3 million • One week of unemployment insurance for more than 3,000 unemployed New Yorkers who lost their jobs following the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Four average mortgages on homes that were foreclosed on during the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Police Officers... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Firefighters... $ 1.3 million • One year of SUNY tuition for 261 New York students... $ 1.3 million

Perhaps she's standing right alongside the «veterans, policemen, security personnel, firefighters etc» and other poll - watchers of intimidating stature that the Wisconsin GOP is attempting to recruit via email to work at inner city polling places.

Ms. Crowley has been an active defender of firefighters during her time in the City Council, often working against the Bloomberg administration's efforts to close firehouses in cost - cutting moves.

«So, what used to happen was every year or two years there would be an extender that would go to the governor and put police and firefighters back in tier 2, but Paterson vetoed it in [20] 09,» said Maria Doulis, director of City Studies at the nonpartisan Citizens» Budget Commission.

The city's four biggest funds, including those for teachers, firefighters and cops, lagged their peers in a Post analysis of the 50 «most active» city and state public pension private equity investors.

A New York congressman is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help fend off layoffs of a dozen firefighters in a Hudson Valley city.

Tier 2 disability pensions — which Cuomo now apparently favors restoring — were claimed by 73 percent of the 6,121 firefighters retiring between 2002 and 2013, according to city pension records.

«I am honored to have been selected by Commissioner Nigro to lead the establishment of an independent agency to operate the Fire Pension Fund and enhance the quality and level of service afforded to firefighters and fire officers as they approach retirement after providing years of selfless service to the citizens of New York City,» Cassidy said at the time.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a tentative agreement on Thursday with the New York City firefighters» union for a seven - year labor pact that includes retroactive raises for firefighters, new disability pension protections and increased staffing for 20 of the Fire Department's roughly 200 engine companies by 2019.

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.

Firefighters who responded were inside when the second explosion occurred around 10:40 a.m. New Windsor Town Supervisor George Green said up to 35 people were being treated for injuries, including seven firefighters, most of them from the nearby city Firefighters who responded were inside when the second explosion occurred around 10:40 a.m. New Windsor Town Supervisor George Green said up to 35 people were being treated for injuries, including seven firefighters, most of them from the nearby city firefighters, most of them from the nearby city of Newburgh.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

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Dan McCoy was elected in 2011 as Albany county's fourth executive: the former city firefighter once chaired the legislature, which holds much of the power to run the county.

MANHATTAN — New York City's teachers, police and firefighters lost billions of dollars in pension funds in the Wall Street crash, and now they want Albany to give them the right to sue to reclaim them.

The city is sending dozens of police and firefighters to help.

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.

Two Held in Kingsbridge Explosion as Thousands Mourn Fallen Firefighter by David Greene Thousands of firefighters from around the city paid their respects to a fallen comrade as police arrested the two men suspected of running the marijuana farm that exploded -LSB-...]

Andrew Cuomo, in what has become an annual event for the New York governor, led a motorcycle ride along the path of a New York City firefighter rescue team, to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Marking told The Sun on March 9 that as a former career firefighter for the City of Plattsburgh and a former EMT, he's seen the problems of the region first - hand.

As a City Councilperson I need to do everything I possibly can to save the nearly 400 families of firefighters, teachers, police officers and teamsters that may be facing layoffs this coming budget year.»

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer added roughly $ 270 million of police and firefighter pension money into high - priced hedge funds in May after complaining about the fees — and pulling...

There was a 30 - second standing ovation for Syracuse city lawmakers Wednesday afternoon after they unanimously approved a budget amendment that restores firefighter overtime costs that had been cut out of the Mayor Stephanie Minor's proposed budget.

The pleas of Syracuse firefighters pleas were answered by the city's common councilors as they voted to restore cuts to the fire department.