Some ex-NYC teachers threaten suit to get retro pay hike
Published: June 6, 2014 Publication: New York Post By Carl Campanile Teachers shut out of retroactive pay raises under the new union contract are looking to claw their way into the windfall with a class-action lawsuit that could cost taxpayers as much as $35 million, The Post has learned. About 4,000 teachers who worked between 2009 through 2011 — the years covered by the back-pay deal — and left before their eligible retirement are excluded under the nine-year contract appro