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Unless he is willing to take on the MTA and its many out of control unions, the teacher» union together with tenure and guaranteed return on teachers» pensions and the police unions on Long Island, he has nothing to say and will not get my vote.
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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
In a letter obtained by Vanessa Murphy of the Las Vegas CBS affiliate, detective Steve Grammas, the president of the union, called on Goodell to investigate Bennett for «obvious false accusations against our police officers.»
LESBOS, Greece (AP)-- Greek riot police fired tear gas Thursday at angry protesters on the island of Lesbos who tried to topple a police bus during a demonstration against a European Union migration policy.
also i am working to change it i lobby for thing that require police to be more accountable, right know were working on have cops were cameras on their person, and i plan on making cops not allowed to use guns with live ammo, unfortunately the FOP and correctional unions own California.
Unions fought fiercely against the lay - off last year, the strike went on for three months and the workers were violently repressed by the police.
On July 18 the national police invaded the headquarters of the National Union of Earthquake Victims, making off with two truckloads of equipment and aid — including all of the medicines — before shutting down the office; three of the women arrested there were tortured and now face charges of being «international communists.»
When they resumed duty on the next day, the management and the police physically prevented them from entering the factory A recently published People's Union reports that the police then resorted to a lathi charge on 150 workers which was totally unprovoked as the workers were completely peaceful.
LAKEFRONT — Rumor has it union police officers may demonstrate outside Soldier Field when the Bears play the Packers on Sept. 29, the stadium's grand opening.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday adopted a peacekeeper role between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and police union head Pat Lynch amid the increasingly fraught dynamics in the wake of the Eric Garner case.
We need a plan for social security reform, stronger protection for workers and a repeal of the trade union act, and a wide review on workers rights, a real living wage, investment in local services, and reversing Tory cuts to policing.
A key labor union for the New York Police Department on Wednesday threw its support to Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath in the race to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
NYC's biggest police union is demanding a do - over of the recent parole board decision to free convicted cop killer Herman Bell, requesting a hearing on behalf of the widow of Officer Joseph Piagentini, who was assassinated with his partner, Waverly Jones, in 1971.
A senior staffer of Employment Minister Michaelia Cash was forced to quit after tipping off the media about police raids on the Australian Workers Union's offices.
The Parker camp also decried a $ 50,000 donation from homebuilder Bob Perry to the Houston Police Officers Union, which endorsed Locke and sent a mailer attacking the controller as «soft on crime.»
Last week, Cuomo made a similar announcement on Long Island, prompting the Port Authority police union to compare the state police to ancient Rome's «Praetorian Guard,» a private police force that served at the will of the Roman emperor.
On Tuesday, de Blasio is meeting with police union heads in an attempt to repair his relationship with the NYPD.
With just a week to go before the end of the 2015 legislative session in Albany, Cuomo attended a press conference on the steps of the state Capitol with the uniformed police officer and firefighter unions that believed the mayor's plan to reform pension disability payments didn't go far enough.
«Bob is a fiscal conservative; he's demonstrated that, gotten into a few dustups with the municipal unions — police and firefighters — because he's been tough on issues, fiscal issues,» Morelle said.
David Goodwin, a Galway police sergeant, appears in Albany City Court to respond to charges related to alleged falsifying records on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
Leslie Klein, right, the Galway police chief, appears in Albany City Court to respond to charges related to alleged falsifying records on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
On NBC's «Meet the Press,» Bratton said he was hoping to sit down with police union leaders this week, but conceded that tensions between cops and de Blasio weren't likely to ease soon.
David Goodwin, center, a Galway police sergeant, appears in Albany City Court to respond to charges related to alleged falsifying records on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
The ambulances and police cars came to a screeching halt outside the Gowanus Inn and Yard, a hip, ultramodern hotel that had recently opened on an edgy strip of Union...
The police union has bashed de Blasio for seeming to side with protesters over the police in the heated days since a grand jury voted to not indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.
Theresa May's ministers, especially Jeremy Hunt, Justine Greening and Amber Rudd could do well to read Ken's chapters on how he took on the unions who were more concerned at protecting their privileges than the customer or tax payer — the BMA, the NUT and the Police Federation just to pick a sample.
Unite, Britain's biggest union, has lifted the lid on the activities and record of some of the organisations attempting to profit from our police service (see notes to editors).
Mayor Stephanie Miner weighed in on police staffing levels, after weeks of comments from police officials and the union president about needing more cops, saying while everyone wants more personnel, the cash - strapped city simply can't afford as many police as the chiefs would like.
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.
A pair of police reform measures vigorously opposed by New York City's largest officers union is moving toward passage in the City Council, a last - ditch effort by its departing speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who has staked her legacy on criminal justice reform.
Jim Miller, spokesman for the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, said the Albany - based union will monitor the program to gauge its impact on prison security.
Cecily McMillan is a 26 - year - old Occupy activist and union organizer who was convicted in May 2014 of allegedly assaulting a police officer on March 17, 2012.
Obama spoke at the White House daily news briefing, an hour after police unions in Massachusetts called on him to apologize.
Cuomo issued a report in weeks not months, essentially saying that the State Police at the behest of the governor's top aides, had recreated reports on Senator Bruno's flights and fed them to the Times - Union.
Such a case occurred on Long Island in 2008, when leaders of the Suffolk County Conservative Party sniffed out that members of the local police union were switching their party enrollments in an attempt to bring about the defeat of a county sheriff who was seen as cooperating in an effort to downsize the department.
That's because the Civilian Complaint Review Board has not yet weighed in on the new rule for when police don't have a search warrant and the union is worried its members will be second - guessed by that group, which investigates police abuse allegations, or even face charges if they comply.
Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ePolice Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice friction ending.
Mr. Bratton, speaking to Matt Lauer in an interview on NBC's Today Show, was asked whether Mayor Bill de Blasio ought to take the advice of former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and give a speech in which he perhaps apologizes to police for what unions and some elected officials have characterized as rhetoric hostile to the department.
Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems with corrections officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in police presence, delays in the implementation of the City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.
The nation's largest police union plans to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to influence the New York City Council on behalf of its officers.
On Monday, the mayor received praise for adding $ 7.3 million to buy thousands of bulletproof vests for police officers, a longtime demand of police union leaders, with whom the mayor has clashed in incendiary fashion in recent weeks.
More NYPD cops are abandoning their blue uniforms before getting their pensions, the city's largest police union charged on Tuesday.
«You can't expect to be taken seriously if on the one hand you say unions have no mandate to strike - which will only ever have a short - term effect on the public - while on the other, you champion the democratic right of police commissioners to reshape policing in our communities for years to come.»
De Blasio has been criticized by police union leaders for using the word «alleged» when discussing the attack on a police officer by protestors in a recent confrontation as well as speaking about the concern he has for his son Dante, who is biracial, in dealing with law enforcement.
A super PAC run by Suffolk County police unions has built a multimillion - dollar campaign operation, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help elect local candidates and boost its clout on law enforcement issues.
To many New Yorkers, the sight of NYPD officers turning their backs on the mayor as he walked through Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn was chilling and unprecedented — but to anyone who has watched the showdowns between mayors and high - profile police union bosses, it was just another chapter in an ongoing saga.
It is also offering binding arbitration services to communities and their police and firefighter unions to help save money on labor contracts.
CITY HALL — Mayor Bill de Blasio's meeting with police union leaders on Tuesday was «productive» but ended with «no resolve» after two and half hours, city and labor officials said.
But they are strongly opposed by Bratton, police union leaders and some newspaper editorial boards, on the grounds that they will help criminals hide drugs and guns when they are confronted by police.
The distinction in disability pensions was created by former governor David Paterson as a cost - saving measure in 2009, and has become a flashpoint in a broader feud between de Blasio and the city's police and fire unions — one that Cuomo has seized on as he and the mayor fight over a host of other issues.