Passed in January 2017, the resolution dubbed «welcoming and inclusive city» by supporters codified a longstanding unwritten policy that Kingston police officers and
other city employees do not inquire about immigration status during routine interactions with citizens.
Other city employees who misused their work vehicles less frequently than Romano and Youssef have been fined or suspended by the city's Conflicts of Interest Board, or at times put on probation.
New York is one of the cities targeted in the order for policies like its refusal to turn over to the feds undocumented immigrants who are arrested for minor offenses, and for cops and
other city employees not to ask about residents» immigration status.
Citing «enormous financial constraints,» Chancellor Joel Klein announced that top DOE officials would receive a 2 percent raise for two years, instead of the 4 percent raises
most other city employees received.
De Blasio said again Wednesday that he would not take taxpayer money to pay his legal bills, although he has set aside up to $ 11.6 million in city funds for lawyers
representing other city employees questioned by investigators.
At a time when New Yorkers are facing higher energy costs than their neighbors due to the state's anti-fossil fuel policies, Bill de Blasio has taken New York City further down a path that will harm consumers — not to mention police officers and
other city employees whose pensions are suffering from similar politicization.
«All legal efforts on my behalf are not paid for by the taxpayer, as opposed to
other city employees,» de Blasio said about the $ 11.6 million in contracts the city handed out to several firms specializing in white collar crime to represent city employees in the probes.
«Anything related to city employees — and I'm not talking about myself, I'm talking about all
the other city employees who have been a part of this process — they need representation.
The sticking point now, according to Councilor - at - Large Kathleen Joy, is whether the city clerk, who's appointed by the council, should be lumped in with
all other city employees and be forced to sign the document.
Two months and a losing lawsuit later, they are still trying to work out issues of whether elected officials should have to sign the same policy
every other city employee does.
The mayor and
every other city employee answers to him, as do the entire police force and the superintendent of public schools.
Pet stores would need to keep certificates that state the sources of their animals and make them available to animal control officers, law enforcement, code compliance officials or
other city employees.