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Public
Employee Press Contrarian
opposes union residency bill I do not support Intro.
452 because it only offers a temporary fix for a much larger problem. The city
needs to give a more substantial wage increase so that more of its workers can
afford to live within the city limits.
The federal government recognizes
this by giving its New York City workers locality pay more appropriate with living
within the city limits. Even if the residency rule is lifted, the 45,000 workers
who live outside the city limits will soon be priced out of those areas as well
because of higher energy and transportation costs.
Also, in these terror-threatened
times that we live in, the city should have its workers more available in case
they are needed to run the city in an emergency.
James Rando Community
Associate Kings County D.A.
Editor’s Note: Your argument
regarding emergencies doesn’t make sense as long as Police Officers and Firefighters
are not covered by the residency restrictions.
Whatever wage increase we
are able to get in the current negotiations and whatever the price of energy and
transportation, how can you not support giving your fellow DC 37 members equal
rights with Teachers and Sanitation workers? | |