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Labor's love lost for Working Families Party

There's griping di rected at the labor- backed Working Families Party from a surprising quarter -- other labor leaders, according to sources. One source said some labor leaders weren't happy to see WFP executive director Dan Cantor at a Nov. 12 City ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Communications Workers of America,  Gale Brewer

Mike makes nice to Bill

Repudiating his own campaign theme, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday praised Comptroller Bill Thompson as someone "who's really tried to make this city better" and who has based his decisions on facts, not politics. When he was running against Thompson, ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

Di$$ & make up: Mike salutes city workers

Just 48 hours after threatening layoffs, Mayor Bloomberg turned good guy yesterday and defended city workers for providing "great services" -- and insisted they deserve the significant raises he's given them. The mayor singled out teachers -- who are ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

NY sheds info jobs

The media capital of the world has lost more than 30,000 information services jobs since 2000, Comptroller Bill Thompson said yesterday. Thompson issued a report saying the industry -- one of New York's traditional leaders -- provided 192,300 jobs in ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Burned on commute tax

The Fire Department has for years underreported the value of free commuting privileges it provides to some of its top officials, The Post has learned. The IRS allows most employees to calculate the value of each ride at just $1.50 no matter how far ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Mike lean$ on unions

Layoffs or givebacks. That was the stark choice Mayor Bloomberg offered municipal unions yesterday as he warned that the city's budget situation is so grave that only concessions from the workforce could avert layoffs next year. "We all know that at ...

From SALLY GOLDENBERG AND DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

City workers get record number of 'free' rides

Mayor Bloomberg presides over a driven government. Documents released yesterday by the Office of Payroll Administration in response to a months-old Freedom of Information request show that the number of city workers commuting in their official vehicles ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Department of Environmental Protection,  Buildings Department

Bloomberg: Layoffs may be needed to trim budget

Mayor Bloomberg isn't afraid to keep swinging that budget ax. The mayor said today that he would not rule out the possibility of municipal layoffs to deal with the city's budget woes. "Does it mean layoffs?" he asked. "I hope not, but we'll just see ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

Parking 'grace' gets ok

Brushing aside a stern warning from Mayor Bloomberg that they were inviting "chaos," the City Council yesterday added a five-minute grace period to virtually all parking regulations. But even before the vote, Bloomberg slammed the legislation as ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  John Liu,  Simcha Felder

Home taxes through the roof

Taxes on the typical single-family home in the cash-strapped Big Apple are going up next year by 8.8 percent, from $3,233 to $3,519. But if the City Council hadn't acted to protect those homeowners, the increase would have been 14.3 percent, to $3,695, ...

From DAVID SEIFMAN, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009

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