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NYC is home to all sorts of scams. These FD, PD & DOC big shots have theirs, as evidenced by the buyouts here. Most can't earn the OT that factors into the pensions for other in the uniformed services, so they created their own golden parachutes. NYC could save billions annually, if taxpayers weren't funding hundreds of thousands in subsidized public housing projects, tens of thousands of bureaucrats doing feck-all throughout the city, including the Board of Education, featherbedding in transit, scam lawsuit payouts & disability pensions, etc., etc.
This is all per their union contracts..which politician after politician so eagerly signed off on and expanded for votes. Which is why public sector unions should be illegal.
No, they should not. All workers need representation.
However, all union contracts should be public record & available on the NYC website, along with salary scales & the cost of all benefits. Further, special benefits should reuqire approval by the city council. Finally, they should be no "released time". Do the job you were paid to do. All union activities should take place before or after hours.
Well most of these 'big shots" as you call them are managing, and responsible for very some very big agencies. The Chief of Department for the NYPD is the highest ranking uniform member and is responsible for the daily enforcement operations of the NYPD. He is overseeing and is in charge of over fifteen thousand employees who are directly tasked to these operations. Put that in context with private sector executive running a company of the same size and see what someone like that gets compensated yearly. Im sure there is no comparison.
And like the previous poster stated many of these folks can't take overtime in cash and as per contract can bank the time and take a payout in the end. So whats the problem??
Well most of these 'big shots" as you call them are managing, and responsible for very some very big agencies. The Chief of Department for the NYPD is the highest ranking uniform member and is responsible for the daily enforcement operations of the NYPD. He is overseeing and is in charge of over fifteen thousand employees who are directly tasked to these operations. Put that in context with private sector executive running a company of the same size and see what someone like that gets compensated yearly. Im sure there is no comparison.
And like the previous poster stated many of these folks can't take overtime in cash and as per contract can bank the time and take a payout in the end. So whats the problem??
The biggest problem is envy.It's often a big problem.
Yes sir (or maam) it is! Not only do people envy the wealthy, famous, or infamous, now they envy the civil servants too! Who would have thought that? Really civil servants?! And it always is about THAT PENSION.
And another thing; most of these workers mentioned worked for the city for over 40 years! Chief Esposito started with the NYPD in 1968! I think he earned his "golden parachute" of a paltry couple of hundred thousand.
The govt in general is the biggest scamming agency. Because even with the mob atleast they take care of the hood but with the govt they do nothing but tax and spend.
Ever wonder how long it took them to fix the BQE? Millions spent but low quality service and tons of delays and cost overruns. All that money being siphoned by corrupt officials.
The PortAuthority officials never get denied of a rate increase because all that money is lining their pockets it never ends.
Soon by 2016, we're looking at $18 at each tunnel. It will cost probably $20 for the Verranzano bridge by then and I don't know how people other than SI residents can keep getting taxed $20 just to cross that bridge.
The govt in general is the biggest scamming agency. Because even with the mob atleast they take care of the hood but with the govt they do nothing but tax and spend.
Ever wonder how long it took them to fix the BQE? Millions spent but low quality service and tons of delays and cost overruns. All that money being siphoned by corrupt officials.
The PortAuthority officials never get denied of a rate increase because all that money is lining their pockets it never ends.
Soon by 2016, we're looking at $18 at each tunnel. It will cost probably $20 for the Verranzano bridge by then and I don't know how people other than SI residents can keep getting taxed $20 just to cross that bridge.
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