Sentences with phrase «uniformed city workers»

A City Council resolution to ask the state increase disability pensions for uniformed city workers will be considered in committee, despite opposition from the mayor's office and a non-position, so far, from the Council speaker.

She also discussed the effort by some to prohibit uniformed city workers, the NYPD, FDNY and Sanitation, from marching in uniform and under identifying banners.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled last Thursday his $ 68.7 billion budget — a spending plan that has no tax increases or calls for teachers and uniformed city workers to lose their jobs.

Not exact matches

In New York City, where the firefighters are revered as the «bravest» and police officers are dubbed the «finest,» uniformed workers have a reputation for dogged determination and fierce civic pride.

He called Paterson's maneuver a «mistake,» and said the state would «do the right thing» by uniformed workers, describing the current state of New York City officers» benefits as «blatantly unfair.»

Two New York City police officers were indicted in the beating of a uniformed postal worker and one of them was also accused of filing a false report after a video raised doubts about their version of events.

The city has also proposed privatizing the operation of four of the city's marine transfer stations for garbage, which would force the Department of Sanitation to shed 248 uniformed workers and an additional 54 civilian staffers through attrition in 2013.

«This bill will ensure every uniformed worker — especially those just starting out on the job — is protected by this city after a tragic injury.»

De Blasio unofficially kicked off his 2017 reelection campaign on Nov. 14 by announcing his endorsement by the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, one of the city's largest unions with 6,500 workers.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — Mayor Bill de Blasio unofficially kicked off his campaign for re-election Monday, receiving an endorsement from the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, one of the city's largest unions with 6,500 workers.

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.

To prevent the impending lapse of mayoral control over New York City schools, the state Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a two - year extension Thursday as part of a larger omnibus bill, which included a pension enhancement for certain uniformed workers, special recognition for former Governor Mario Cuomo, and several benefits for upstate areas.

He supported a Cuomo - backed bill to improve disability pensions for uniformed workers over a more modest version the mayor sought and wrote to the city ripping a plan to place homeless people at a Queens hotel located near the Nassau County border with zero public outreach, Thies said.

Grodenchik, a lifelong resident of Queens who had the backing of the county's Democratic Party, along with the United Federation of Teachers, the Uniformed Firefighters Association and the Transportation Workers Union, won with nearly 28 percent of the vote, according to the city's Board of Elections.

From June 2002 through June 2013, Bloomberg oversaw the loss of more jobs from the ranks of the city's uniformed services than from any other sector — including police officers, firefighters and Department of Education workers, according to a report released Tuesday by the city's Independent Budget Office.

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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.»

The mayor has also received endorsements from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association and building workers union 32BJ SEIU — similarly reiterating at those announcements events that the city will protect its residents under a Trump administration.