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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano Plans To Cut 130 Workers
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano says he will lay off 130 municipal employees and redeploy 160 members of the police department. The cuts would go into effect July 1.
More Than 700 Yonkers School Employees Handed Pink Slips
Yonkers public schools played host to a pink slip blizzard on Friday, with 700 employees losing their jobs. The district made the cuts in the face of a $42 million budget gap.
Gov. Dan Malloy Sending Layoff Notices To 4,742 Connecticut State Workers
Malloy says his administration needs to begin the process of laying off thousands because a two-year, $2 billion labor savings deal has not yet been reached.
Camden Police Chief To Get Award For Efforts After Massive Layoffs
Camden Police Chief Scott Thomson was to receive the award Friday from the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement think-tank in Washington.
Gov. Dan Malloy Prepares For Layoffs As Conn. Budget Talks Continue
This comes amid undertones that the talks with union leaders are not yielding the $1 billion in concessions Malloy is looking for this year.
Eye On New York: On Teacher Layoffs
In this segment of Eye on New York, CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer examines how the impending New York City school teacher layoffs will affect one school in Brooklyn.
Crime Up In Camden Since Massive Police Layoffs
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey’s most crime-ridden city has been even worse since nearly half the police force was laid off in January. A Camden County Prosecutor’s Office report obtained by The Courier News […]
Teachers Union Furious As NYC Releases List Of Layoffs
The doomsday list details the worst case scenario under the mayor’s current plan to make deep cuts to education. It shows exactly how the planned 6,000 teaching jobs will be eliminated.
Analysis: Parents, Kids Find Budget Pain In NY
There’s hidden pain in New York’s hard-times budget proposal beyond the public workers who face a pay freeze after steady raises during the recession, or teachers who might have to rely only on automatic 3-percent step increases instead of raises this year, or agencies facing a 10-percent cut in operating funds.
Cuomo Speech Disrupted By NY Budget Protesters
Cuomo was speaking at the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators annual dinner when Democratic Councilman Charles Barron walked to the front of the Albany Convention center, shouting “Shame on you.”
Other Districts Follow NYC’s Move To End Teacher Seniority
If the effort is successful, districts would base any layoffs, in part, on the quality of a teacher’s work. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been aggressively campaigning for the change.
Proposed NYC Education Changes Draw Mixed Reactions
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg blames cuts in education funding for the move.
Future Of NY Schools, Teachers On Line In Budget
Tuesday’s budget hearing in Albany will set the course for some of the year’s most heated confrontations between the popular new governor and the Legislature.
Camden, Atlantic City Fire Departments Get Money
U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez announced that the cities’ fire departments have been awarded grants through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
NJ Lawmakers Gauge Layoffs’ Effect On Safety
The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee has invited several speakers to address a recent spike in violent crime.
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