Kingston Veterans Association feted
retired city firefighter Stan Chandler as the 23rd Veteran of the Year Saturday night.
«He's a double - talker and a bully,» said Hector Cortez, 67, a former Army sergeant and
retired city firefighter.
Ruiz,
a retired city firefighter and elected Democratic District Leader, said choosing to honor Mandela in Harlem was a deliberate homage to the uptown visit made by the African National Congress» leader.
Not exact matches
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 get to play a
retired cop on a TV show now, but that's only because all the
firefighters and police officers who are on the front lines every day who keep this
city safe,» James said.
A
retired New York
City firefighter who wanted to meet Pope Francis breached security at Kennedy Airport Saturday, hours after the pontiff had left New York for Philadelphia, authorities said.
New York
City firefighters who
retired this year were eligible for average pensions of $ 113,341 — a nine percent increase over the previous year, according to the Empire Center.
Additional trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Board include: Alan J. Bedenko, partner, Feldman Kieffer, LLP and a writer; Katie Burd, trustee, Kenmore Village; Frank Gist,
retired Buffalo
firefighter and owner of Greater Buffalo Bail Bonds Agency; Teresa Glanowski, product manager, Independent Health; Phyllis A. Horton,
retired educator; Elaine M. Panty,
retired City of Buffalo Water Authority; and Wayne D. Wisbaum, partner, Kavinoky Cook, LLP.
Eric Biegler, the president of the Sound Park Civic Association in the Reeves Park area, and Bob Kelly, a Reeves Park and
retired New York
City firefighter whose brother Tom was killed in the World Trade Center attack of Sept. 11, 2001, had urged the Legislature to approve the acquisition prior to the vote, as did Riverhead Town deputy supervisor Jill Lewis and Riverhead deputy town attorney Ann Marie Prudenti.
Marking, a
retired firefighter with the Plattsburgh
City Fire Department, has been pounding the pavement since January, when he was endorsed by the Clinton County Democratic Committee.
De Blasio faced off against four long - shot challengers at the forum: businessman Michael Tolkin, police reform advocate Robert Gangi, former
City Councilman Sal Albanese and Kevin Coenen, a
retired FDNY
firefighter.
Conner
retired as a
city firefighter in 1995 and has worked as a locksmith, among other things, since then.
Unions rallied on the steps of
City Hall to push for all police officers and
firefighters who
retire on disability to get 75 % of their final year's pay.
Conner, who
retired as a
city firefighter in 1995, has been an adviser and supporter of Miner's mayoral campaigns.
And through it all, the pension costs for
city workers — particularly for police officers and
firefighters, who can
retire early and draw on those pensions for decades — kept going up.
A
retired career
firefighter with the
City of Plattsburgh Fire Department, Marking says he retains close ties with local law enforcement and public safety officials.
I am a
retired New York
City firefighter, and an honorary assistant chief of department.