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Published: August 26, 2013 Publication: The Chief By Sarah Dorsey Transport Workers Union Local 100 filed suit Aug. 9 seeking back pay for a Bus Operator who was fired after he was assaulted on the job and remained on disability for two years—though the Metropolitan Transportation Authority scoffed at his claim, saying it “has a demonstrable ring of emptiness to it.” Under civil-service law, employees who’ve been injured and unable to work for a year can be terminated; a prov

Published: August 19, 2013 Publication: The Chief By Sarah Dorsey The Metropolitan Transportation Authority must shuttle on-duty Bronx Bus Operators from their buses to the depot where, four times a year, they choose their new routes, an arbitrator ruled Aug. 9, upholding what Transport Workers Union Local 100 officials say is a contract guarantee. According to the Local 100 pact, Operators pick their routes by seniority. As arbitrator Richard Adelman noted in his decision, t

Published: August 5, 2013 Publication: The Chief By Mark Toor The Port Authority Police Department is paying $200,000 in damages and reinstating two Sergeants who were demoted to Police Officer after complaints that they were originally promoted because they were chauffeurs to Superintendent of Police Michael Fedorko. The New York Post published a story in September 2011 quoting “angry critics” as saying that the two officers, Robert J. Coccodrilli and Georgeos Masouridis, ha

Published: August 1, 2013 Publication: The Villager By Lincoln Anderson Taking his surging campaign for mayor right into Christine Quinn’s backyard, Bill de Blasio will reportedly hold a press conference this Mon., Aug. 19, at noon, at the site of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital. Arthur Schwartz, who is running for Democratic district leader, tipped The Villager off about the upcoming event. De Blasio won’t merely be decrying the closing of St. Vincent’s, as well as the thr

Published: August 1, 2013 Publication: WestView News By Arthur Z. Schwartz A Monthly Column About Politics The Giuliani-Bloomberg Legacy And Why de Blasio Matters It is coming down to crunch time. We, as New Yorkers, are facing the biggest wave of political change ever. Come November we will have a new Mayor, a new Comptroller, a new Public Advocate, a new Borough President in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, a new City Council Member in the West Village, Chelsea, and Hell’s