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At the end of a news conference in Brooklyn last week, THE CITY asked mayoral candidate Andrew Yang what he thought about using pattern bargaining to deal with municipal unions.
“I’ll get back to you on that,” he responded before walking away to take selfies with passersby at Parkside Plaza, outside Prospect Park.
The century-long practice of giving each public-sector union essentially the same raises and benefit boosts is at the heart of how the city has negotiated with labor organizations representing some 300,000 workers.
With the June 22 Democratic primary less than a month away, several of the major hopefuls have notched endorsements from various municipal unions.
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No, really: Adams said he kept a list of must-have endorsers topped by Espaillat’s name under his pillow and prayed over it, lighting candles for good measure. “Finally, Jesus Christ looked down on me and brought me Congressman Espaillat,” Adams said at a rally in Washington Heights.
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In N.Y.C. Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force
More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports.
The city jail system, including the notorious Rikers Island complex, has long been a source of complaints of brutality by guards. Credit.Richard Perry/The New York Times
April 24, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
One New York City Correction officer struck a jailed person in the face for no legitimate reason. Another put a detainee in a banned chokehold several times. A third failed to stop subordinates from using unnecessary force, according to newly released discipline records.