Sentences with phrase «police unions over»

Mayor Bill de Blasio's City Hall has been at odds with police unions over a variety of controversies, including his tolerance of anti-police brutality protesters and the subsequent assassination of two officers in December.

To top is all off, the town is engaged in a suit with the police union over wages that is now in binding arbitration.

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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.

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.

Over the past few weeks, a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have spilled into public view, with targets including high - ranking New York Police Department officials, the union representing city jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's mayor.

The police unions have been fighting this issue since New York's top court, the Court of Appeals, in 2006 unanimously affirmed a police commissioner's power over disciplinary matters.

Particularly in his first term, Mangano clashed frequently with county labor unions — first over a plan to consolidate Nassau's eight police precincts into four, and later after proposing a bill to allow him to open up collective bargaining agreements to cut wages and benefits to pay for a backlog of property tax judgments.

Despite that, the city has been rocked by a series of different shootings over the past couple of weeks, including the most recent, where a police officer drew fire, and a police union spokesperson said that many city residents feel less safe than ever.

The latest was Cuomo's statement to the Associated Press that he stands with the police and firefighter unions in their fight with the de Blasio administration over pension costs.

The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the Buffalo Police Department over failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Law request.

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.

A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.

NEW YORK CITY — Patrick Lynch, the fiery president of the city's largest police union, says he has «no regrets» over his emotional clash with Mayor Bill de Blasio last year after two police officers were gunned down in Bed - Stuy.

The union that represents police officers in Rochester are criticizing the police chief and Mayor Lovely Warren over their handling of a video purportedly showing an officer throwing a woman to the ground during an arrest.

De Blasio offered another defense of the NYPD while also taking a shot at the «rhetoric of union leaders» — one of whom suggested the possibility of a work slowdown by officers after fallout over the death of Eric Garner last month in police custody.

Mayor Bill de Blasio — who has in recent months faced anger from police union officials and some rank - and - file cops over his NYPD reform agenda — touted the murder - free stretch this evening.

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) and the union DC 37 Local 1549, which represents the cityâ $ ™ s clerical and administrative employees, called upon the New York Police Department last week to turn over 500 desk job positions to civilians.

Earlier this year, the city's major police unions called for Emery's dismissal over his private law firm's role in a suit against the city on behalf of a former CCRB plaintiff.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in the wake of the shootings the city's five police unions were «standing down» until the funerals for Liu and Ramos werePolice Commissioner Bill Bratton said in the wake of the shootings the city's five police unions were «standing down» until the funerals for Liu and Ramos werepolice unions were «standing down» until the funerals for Liu and Ramos were over.

The leaders of the five police unions have been at odds with the mayor and police commissioner over what they see as a lack of support for officers during recent protests following the Eric Garner decision, the death of two detectives in Brooklyn and the wounding of two plainclothes officers in The Bronx.

The police unions subsequently tried to take over the appeal, but a federal appeals court last month refused to re-examine the issue.

It's the first time Lynch has visited City Hall since tensions between the rank - and - file police union and the administration boiled over in the days following the officers» deaths.

James O'Neill will meet with police union leaders for the first time since he took over the department.

James McDermott, president of the Nassau Police Benevolent Association, the department's union for its rank - and - file members, which has quarreled with Krumpter over a raft of policy decisions, said: «I wish Tommy and his family well in his retirement and future endeavors.»

The president of the police officers» union, Patrick Lynch, and de Blasio have been locked in a public battle over treatment of officers following a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about the continuing controversy over special stipends paid to certain state senators and police body cameras in Albany.

The police unions created the super PAC after frequent clashes with former Republican County Executive Steve Levy over police pay and other issues.

Buffalo's police commissioner and the union representing the officers are at odds over the latter's proposal to step up the firepower for patrolling officers.

CROWN HEIGHTS — One day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton shared «strong concerns» over the videotaped arrest of a uniformed postal worker in Crown Heights, the leader of the city's largest police union is telling him to reserve judgement «until all the facts are in.&Police Commissioner Bill Bratton shared «strong concerns» over the videotaped arrest of a uniformed postal worker in Crown Heights, the leader of the city's largest police union is telling him to reserve judgement «until all the facts are in.&police union is telling him to reserve judgement «until all the facts are in.»

But after fights over everything from Mr. Sharpton's visit to City Hall to the wording of an autopsy report, it's not a question of whether Mr. de Blasio will clash with police unions again — but when, and over what.

But it's yet another chapter in the story of the mayor's troubled relationship with New York City's police unions, flaring up over stop and frisk and Eric Garner's death, but underscored heavily by ongoing contract negotiations.

This account of the political and ethical landscape of a New Jersey city in the wake of rampant property development picks over the tribal allegiances of whites, African - Americans, police and the unions as each struggle for «juice», or municipal influence.

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