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From: The Chief-Leader <thechiefupdate@rcn.com>
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13% of cops out sick; COBA contract voted down; and other labor news
Subway Conductor With 20 Years On Job is MTA's First Coronvirus Victim
By BOB HENNELLY
Peter Petrassi a subway Conductor with 20 years on the job, became the first Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee to die after contracting the coronavirus, Transport Workers Union Local 100 confirmed March 26. He was 49 years old.
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By RICHARD STEIER
City Correction Officers have rejected a contract that would have given them 7.95 percent in raises over three years plus an additional 2.25-percent compensation increase in the form of two longevity differentials by a vote of 1,493-1,099.
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13% of NYPD Officers Out Sick as Number Testing Positive ClimbsBy RICHARD KHAVKINE
The NYPD lost its first officer to the coronavirus when Det. Cedric G. Dixon succumbed to complications of the disease March 28.
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CUNY Students Get the Boot to Free Space for BedsBy CRYSTAL LEWIS
About 300 students at the City University of New York were ordered to move out of campus dorms so they could be used as temporary emergency medical centers as part of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Layoffs a Possibility in City and State Due to Virus's Economic TollBy RICHARD STEIER
The possibility of layoffs in city and state government to cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic took a turn for the worse when the U.S. Senate approved a stimulus bill—expected to be passed by the House of Representatives and then signed into law by President Trump—that Governor Cuomo said badly shortchanged the state.
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Same for cops everywhere (in big cities).Are they wearing masks?Are the masks working?Needs to be explored.
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Young fellers police will recover just fine. Virus most of those deaths for those seventy years of age or older. Lungs maybe debilitated from the illness however. Will not be able to chase young fleet-a-foot youfs through the streets anymore.
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