For about three years, the MTA — following a pattern that Cuomo's administration sought from unions throughout the state — demanded that LIRR workers accept a five - year pact with three years of wage freezes and
several other concessions.
Not exact matches
On the
other side, many larger firms were pleased that Labor's final regulation pushed back full compliance to January 2018, one of
several ways the department offered
concessions in response to industry concerns.
Denno incurred the mayor's wrath for, among
other things, holding up
several capital spending requests — for police cars, fire equipment and DPW trucks — in an effort to force the administration to make
concessions on
other, loosely related issues.
This was one of the major design goals of the Constitution and is reflected in
several other areas (e.g. the structure of the Senate); the smaller states wouldn't have agreed to join the Union if such
concessions hadn't been made.