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Packed Rally To Save City Island Firehouse

CITY ISLAND, NY (PIX11)— 

Hundreds of City Island neighbors steaming mad at the impending loss of vital firefighters turned out to protest the planned closure of 20 firehouses.

City Island residents say they're especially vulnerable since the next closest fire company would take 10 minutes or more to get them, and it could be double due to traffic or when the two drawbridges that give access to their island are raised.



"We are here to make sure our ladder company does not close" Councilman James Vacca shouted to his constituents who packed into the famed Lido restaurant ballroom on City Island Avenue. His words were met with copious applause and shouts of approval.

"This is politics pure and simple. They are trying to balance the budget in New York by putting lives at risk," Lt. Ed Boles declared as hundreds gathered behind him to rally to keep the house open.

The FDNY is trying to plug a $50 million hole Bloomberg created to balance the budget. But voters on City Island say other things, like bike lanes, should be shot down before fire houses get shut down.

Outraged seniors showed up in force to protest the changes. Helen Anderson, a 50-year resident whose father founded a marina near the turn of the century, said she would have to simply watch her 3-story, wood-framed historic home burn if her Ladder 53 had to close. She has attended every march, meeting and rally to fight for the survival of the vital, life-saving equipment.

Politicians from across the borough spoke feverishly to support keeping the fire company open.


If the closures go through as planned, doors could be shut by July 1.

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Gov. Cuomo and Public Pensions Published: June 9, 2011

NY TIMES - Editorial
Gov. Cuomo and Public Pensions Published: June 9, 2011

RESPONSE FROM ARTHUR CHELIOTES

The inconsistency between the editorial supporting the governor’s new pension proposal makes readers wonder if the editorial board has read The NY Times Business Section Investigative reporters who have done wonderful work exposing the massive fraud committed against pension funds including the state and city pension funds. If they had, they would know that the reason for the increase costs was due in large part to the 2008 crash. They would also know that the state and local budget crisis was due revenue reductions not increased expenses out of pace with inflation.

Yet there is no editorial support for proposed changes in the law known as the Martin Act that is being blocked by Wall Street interests at the state legislature that would allow billions of dollars in losses to state and city pension funds due to fraud to recover taxpayer and employee contributions. The state comptroller and attorney general support the change in the Martin Act but the governor’s silence is deafening. The city comptroller supports this fiscally sound change in the law. The mayor does not, he would rather city workers and taxpayers pay for the pension fund losses due to fraud not his Wall Street clients who defrauded the funds.


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Teacher layoff protest

On Wednesday June 1, there was a City Council media conference on New York City education budget cuts.   On the steps of City Hall council members, community leaders, parents and the UFT president protested the recommended teacher layoffs. 

 “We will fight for our children’s rights”- Robert Jackson, New York City Council

  “...This city is about our children” - Ernest Logan, CSA President

 “I do not have kids yet, but even I know that the future of this incredible city is laying in the hands, hearts and minds of over one million students who are sitting in classrooms right now.  To dramatically cut our schools’ budget and layoff up to 6,000 teachers is the wrong thing to do. I know it, the people of New York know it, and Mayor Bloomberg I think you know it too” - Kristen Johnston, actress

“We need a policy that makes sure the children are getting the education they deserve”- Michael Mulgrew, UFT President

During the City Council’s media conference parent Noah Gotbaum questioned why Mayor Bloomberg “can’t find the money to keep teachers in our $23 billion budget”? 

At a cursory glance, City Council members were able to recommend the below budget cuts:

• Reduction of teacher recruitment contract
• Reduction of Department of Education press office spending
• Merger of the Office of Community and Office of Public Affairs
• Reduction of employees in the Office of Family Information and Action
• Consolidation of superintendents and school support organization staff
• Reduction of over estimation of budget spending per year
• Reduction of student transportation spending
• Reduction of some legal services
• Reduction of technology spending
• Reduction of contract spending for professional development

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City's Independent Budget Office finds that projected 2012 increase in city revenue largely wiped out by rising expenses - NYPOST.com

Legislators intent on restoring service cuts proposed by Mayor Bloomberg didn't get the good news they were looking for yesterday from the Independent Budget Office.

The IBO, which in past years has called out the administration for being too pessimistic in projecting how much money there was to go around, reported that its assessment of the fiscal 2012 budget was largely in line with the mayor's.

Based on its reading, the IBO estimated that by June 30 of next year the city will end up with just $84 million more than Bloomberg has forecast.

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City's Independent Budget Office finds that projected 2012 increase in city revenue largely wiped out by rising expenses - NYPOST.com


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MAYOR BLOOMBERG BUDGET CUTS HURT FDNY - NEW VIDEO

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Fewer Firefighters, Fewer Response Units

According to The New York City Independent Budget, the FDNY’s city’s firefighting staff would shrink to their lowest levels in more than a decade representing about 6 percent (or 20 engine and ladder companies) being taken out of service beginning in 2012under the mayor’s preliminary budget plan.

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