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| AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD THEM: As District Council 1707 Executive Director Raglan George addresses union rally in City Hall Park April 16, some younger participants offer testimony as to how the city's day-care services affect their families. (04.25.08) | ||
| HAND US SOME RESPECT: City employees who examine DNA from crime scenes rallied last week to protest new hand-print time-clocks just installed at their state-of-the-art lab in Manhattan. They say the new system is disrespectful and discriminatory, especially since all managers and any union members who make more than $68,000 are exempt. (04.04.08) | ||
| TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT?: Several union leaders last week accused City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (right) of doing Mayor Bloomberg's bidding when she stymied efforts to gain home-rule messages that were needed for key bills to be acted on in Albany. (06.29.07) | ||
| BOUND ONLY BY BARGAINING LAWS: With a panoramic backdrop to match his list of accomplishments, Mayor Bloomberg didn't fear being upstaged by a hero police dog (Ranger, accompanied by Police Officer Neal Campbell) as he delivered his State of the City address. (01.26.07) | ||
| TAKING THE GLOVES OFF: The city's newest cops toss their gloves in the air to mark their graduation from the Police Academy during Dec. 26 ceremonies at Madison Square Garden. (12.06) | ||
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FAMILY MATTER: Subway Station Agent Gale Broughton and her daughter, Sezlyn
Petersen, were among those who came to City Hall March 3 to rally opposition
to the closing of token booths. (03.11.05)
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| PRAISE
FOR A DETERMINED PATIENT: Neurosurgeon Dr. Roger Hartl says Firefighter
Eugene Stolowski's mental toughness played a large role in his ability
to survive a serious spinal injury that had left him near death. (03.04.05)
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| DETERMINED
TO TRIUMPH: Retired Police Officer Isabelle Redman grins after receiving
the Purple Shield at the NYPD's Medal Day. Ten years after being critically
injured in the crash of her patrol car, Ms. Redman has started a second
career as an Assistant District Attorney and lectures cops on safe driving.
(6/25/04)
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| WANTS
ACTIONS DETAILED: Firefighter Patrick McCarvill is among those who want
the World Trade Center Memorial to provide descriptions of the heroic
actions of the emergency rescue personnel who died during its destruction.
Such descriptions, he said, would offer answers 50 years from now to visitors
who asked, 'Why were so many firefighters killed?'
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| SOMETHING
IN THE AIR: With union leaders and fellow elected officials looking on,
U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton demands an investigation into why Environmental
Protection Agency officials assured the public a week after the World
Trade Center's destruction that the air in the vicinity was 'safe to breathe'
although it had yet to conduct several key tests that uncovered high levels
of toxic materials. (9/5/03)
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