NY Daily News – November 12, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino Poverty-crying City Council members are quietly plotting for a massive pay raise that will bring their six-figure salaries up to a whopping $192,500 — a 71% windfall — as cops face a proposed 1% hike, and firefighters will only see a 2.5% bump this year, […]
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Arbitrator’s Draft Contract Backs Police Union Into a Corner
Capital NY – November 04, 2015 by Gloria Pazmino and Laura Nahmias The head of the city’s rank-and-file police officer union seems to have lost a bid to get substantial raises for the city’s 24,000 officers. In a draft contract distributed Monday, an independent arbitrator proposed that Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch’s officers follow […]
Anything Less Than a Permanent Zadroga Extension is Shameful
SI Advance – November 04, 2015 by Editorial We’re sure we’re not the only ones who are appalled at the reluctance of more than a few members of Congress to pass a permanent extension of the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The measure provides funding to insure that those emergency service personnel […]
Three Gop Congress Members Back Zadroga Act Renewal after Rep. Bob Goodlatte Gets Called an ‘A—Hole’
NY Daily News – November 04, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino Sometimes it pays to drop an a-bomb on Congress. After a staunch 9/11 advocate called the Republican Congressman blocking permanent renewal of the Zadroga Act an “a–hole,” three more pols signed onto a bill to guarantee funding the health plan for heroes. All three of […]
He Has No Shame as Rep. Bob Goodlatte Tries to Curb Help for Ailing 9/11 Heroe
NY Daily News – November 03, 2015 by Editorials A powerful House Republican has emerged with a message for thousands of sickened Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers: You are heroes for five years; after that, drop dead. Over the past few months, support for legislation to establish permanent funding for 9/11-related health care and […]
Fatal Brooklyn House Fire Spurs NYC To Give Out 100,000 Free Smoke Detectors
NY Daily News – November 03, 2015 by Erin Durkin After a house fire in Midwood, Brooklyn, killed seven children, Mayor de Blasio launched a program to give out 100,000 free smoke detectors to New Yorkers. “It was a horrific loss,” de Blasio said as he announced the largest in the nation program, dubbed #GetAlarmedNYC, […]
Bill to Make ‘Zadroga’ Coverage Permanent Gaining in Congress
Chief Leader – November 03, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Sept. 11 survivors suffering with uncertainty over whether their Zadroga benefits will continue drew one step closer to relief last week, even as some Republicans in Congress proposed limiting the law. ‘Did the Right Thing’ A bill to make permanent the Zadroga Act’s free medical care […]
FDNY Bravest Boxers Take on NYPD Finest Boxing Team at 33rd Annual Battle of The Badges
PhilBoxing.com – October 29, 2015 Friday November 20 at 8 p.m. in the Theater at Madison Square Garden The night will feature exciting three-round bouts featuring FDNY members versus NYPD members who will fight to raise funds for a veteran Marine Corporal Gunnery Sergeant injured in the line of duty. Proceeds from the FDNY Bravest […]
Toll of 9/11 Heroes Climbs as Zadroga Act Stalls
SI Advance – October 27, 2015 by Tom Wrobleski STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Every day, it seems, we lose another 9/11 hero. It’s like Sept. 11, 2001 never ended at all. We are still losing lives to terrorists. And yet lawmakers in Washington continue to dither when it comes to the Zadroga Act. This month […]
10 LIRR Lines Shut Down after Chemical Leak
NY Post – October 27, 2015 by Ben Feuerherd an hour Monday morning after a chemical leaked into the agency’s control station in Jamaica, Queens, FDNY officials said. Six people were taken to Jamaica Hospital after they were exposed to the chemical, halon, which is found in fire extinguishers, sources said. All the injuries were […]
