Sentences with phrase «police and firefighters»

The agreements call for wage increases of 10 percent over seven years for civilian employees and 11 percent over seven years for police and firefighters.

Police and firefighters unions stepped up soon after that.

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

And in particular, one that prevented police and firefighters from moving the management of their pension fund out of the state pension system was right on target.

Have performed medical services at the scene of emergencies while working in conjunction with police and firefighters.

The law applies to most public workers, including school teachers, but does exempt most police and firefighters, local transit workers and emergency medical service employees.

They control the hiring and firing of police and firefighters.

It's more than what Cuomo had initially outlined when calling for the extraordinary session this week, ostensibly for the mayoral control issue, as well as a disability measure for police and firefighters in New York City and extending a tax break for lower Manhattan real estate.

It's possible lawmakers will also consider a measure to bolster pension benefits for New York City police and firefighter unions as well as an extension of local sales tax measures.

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.

ACIP doesn't discourage states from finishing the early phase of vaccination — inoculating the «first responders» — but urges against scaling up to include others, such as police and firefighters.

The plan would give 75 percent disability pensions for police and firefighters who have injuries serious enough to qualify for Social Security disability payments.

Hollencamp decided he and Alvey would be leaving once police and firefighters arrived.

That seemed to discourage police and firefighter layoffs in the recession, but pension costs might undercut that protection if municipalities have to shift money from straight wages to pension costs..

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.

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.

The provision in question (Section 209.4 of the state Civil Service Law, better known as the Taylor Law) provides for compulsory binding «interest arbitration» of contract disputes involving police and firefighter unions.

The partisan nature of Walker's campaign was revealed when he exempted two public - employee unions that supported him politically: those representing police and firefighters.

Faso was never accused of a crime or personally held liable for the improper pension contact, but the Albany Times Union cited «a source close to the investigation» in reporting that «Faso arranged or tried to arrange meetings between the investment firm Kellner DiLeo & Co. and officials at the state Common Retirement Fund, as well as the teachers, police and firefighter funds.»

The city of Syracuse has joined the federal government in a legal motion that could end up changing the civil service tests that are the baseline for hiring police and firefighters across the state.

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

Just like police and firefighters, right?

In addition to rolling out the carpet for local organizations, the restaurant donated food from its weekend events to Countryside police and firefighters.

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.

Rochester police and firefighters have been working the last two years without a contract.

In Salamanca, the city never restored police and firefighters laid off eight years ago.

However, as argued in previous posts on this blog, Cuomo actually squandered a golden opportunity to deliver much more meaningful reform of the 39 - year - old, repeatedly renewed but still temporary statute that has done much to drive police and firefighter compensation through the roof in New York.

«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.

Nine New York City police and firefighters stayed in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma.

«How do you justify paying the New York City police and firefighters less than everyone else in the state?»

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been careful to not approve some pension sweeteners, he was strongly in favor of strengthening benefits for police and firefighters injured on the job.

Cuomo was supportive of an effort to give police and firefighters in New York City up to 75 percent of their pay if they are permanently disabled, which was a move some budget hawks saw as too generous.

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.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, seeking to avoid future budget gaps, wants to slash a $ 12,000 pension bonus paid each year to police and firefighter retirees, but public - employee unions have vowed to fight.

A bill in the state Legislature would designate targeting police and firefighters a hate crime.

The 2009 - 11 state budget, successfully lobbied by police and firefighter unions, bars municipal governments from cutting spending for protective services below those in effect in 2009.

They would join local police and firefighters, along with the State Patrol, in retaining their bargaining rights under the latest version the Assembly is taking up Tuesday as part of the state budget.

James) refused a police union lobbyist's request to withdraw legislation that would have capped police and firefighter raises in binding arbitration at 2 percent.

Buffalo police and firefighters and representatives of an array of local departments saluted Lehner with a procession of emergency vehicles from the LaSalle Park area to Erie County Medical Center.

Mr. de Blasio made the decision to hit the gym in his old neighborhood of Park Slope mid-morning last Friday — and stayed there almost two hours while police and firefighters engaged a gang leader in a tense standoff on Staten Island that left an FDNY lieutenant hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

The votes came after prolonged aggressive lobbying by top New York officials and lawmakers, police and firefighter groups and 9/11 families, who argued that the nation had a moral obligation to provide medical assistance to rescue workers who spent days, weeks and even months at ground zero.

But, hey, New York's police and firefighters certainly made the switch — so it is possible.

In fact, Chicago now has «more retired police and firefighters than working.»

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.

The towers are needed to improve the reliability of the county's police and firefighter radio communications, but they're coming across as unwanted eyesores for people who will live in their...

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.

This program is open to active members of the New Jersey Police and Firefighter Retirement System (PFRS) with one year of creditable service who seek to buy a home (first - time buyer, trade up or trade down) or refinance an existing home.

Yonkers faces a $ 31 million budget gap, higher unemployment than the rest of the state and the specter of police and firefighter layoffs.

N.J. Lawmakers Try Again to Spin Off Management of Pension Fund for Police, Firefighters Lawmakers have relaunched an effort to spin off management of the pension fund for police and firefighters from New Jersey's larger $ 78 billion pension system, a move that former Gov. Chris Christie blocked last year over concerns that it gave labor unions a «blank check» to enhance their benefits at taxpayers» expense.

«While there are issues with this specific legislation, Mayor de Blasio's door is always open, and he is committed to working together with police and firefighters to protect these brave public servants who protect us every day.»