They include New York City Police Department workers and a jail official. The phony loans added up to more than $1.5 million, prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
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Bernard Rosen, Budget Brain for Four New York City Mayors, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2022
He knew how to find hidden pots of money. “There wasn’t a budget director in the last 50 years who didn’t rely on Bernie,” one of his acolytes said. Source: New York Times
162,000 Signs That New York Is Struggling to Bounce Back
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2022
The city is having a hard time regaining jobs lost during the pandemic, partly because of its reliance on tourism and office workers. Source: New York Times
Municipal Workers Have Joined the Great Resignation
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2022
New York City employees are back in the office, and many of them are not happy about it. Source: New York Times
Dispatcher Fired Over Mishandling 911 Call During Buffalo Shooting
By Gotham Rex on June 4, 2022
A Tops supermarket office manager said a dispatcher yelled at her for whispering, as she hid during the shooting, and hung up on her. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. School Employees, Accused of Faking Vaccine Proof, Are Put on Leave
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2022
Since September, the department has required all employees to provide proof of vaccination. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Fires 1,430 Workers Over Vaccine Mandate
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2022
The figure is likely the largest mass termination of U.S. municipal employees in response to a Covid vaccine mandate. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. fires 1,430 workers, less than 1 percent of city employees, over a vaccine mandate.
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2022
Source: New York Times
Deadline Day for Unvaccinated Municipal Employees in N.Y.C.
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams said he would prefer not to fire police officers, firefighters and teachers, but he values the vaccine mandate. Source: New York Times
Nearly 3,000 N.Y.C. Workers Have a Day to Get Vaccinated or Be Fired
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams has embraced a vaccine mandate for city workers and warned that thousands would get fired this week if they were not vaccinated. Source: New York Times
Adams’s Virus Policy Includes Keeping Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
By Gotham Rex on December 30, 2021
After a long silence on the subject, New York City’s incoming mayor said he would extend a number of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Covid-19 policies. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Reaches an Agreement With Labor Unions on Vaccine Mandates
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2021
The unions represent about 88,000 of the 160,000 employees covered by the city’s latest mandate, which requires all city employees to get vaccinated or face unpaid leave. Source: New York Times
9,000 Unvaccinated N.Y.C. Workers Put on Unpaid Leave as Mandate Begins
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio said thousands more did get the shot and that the first day of the vaccine mandate went smoothly, without significant service disruptions. Source: New York Times
Countdown to a Vaccine Deadline
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2021
Unvaccinated city workers have until the end of the workday to get a first shot. Source: New York Times
New York Braces for Staffing Shortages as Vaccine Deadline Nears
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2021
Thousands of workers in the city’s uniformed services are not yet in compliance with a vaccine mandate for city workers that takes effect Monday. Source: New York Times