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The FDNY announced yesterday that they would put a ceiling on how much overtime their firefighters could earn. The new cap will limit them to 81 and 1/4 hours per quarter, or 325 hours a year, for certain tasks that do not involve fighting fires or rescuing people. The change should also save on pension costs as well, with firefighters using overtime racked up in their final years to boost the salary used to compute how much their pension payments would be upon retiring. The Post says that with the new regulations, the earnings FDNY's top overtime earner last year would leave him "$65,407 less than he actually pulled in working in the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management and teaching mandated courses in equal employment opportunity." They were also able to find some disgruntled anonymous firefighters unhappy with the decision. One told the paper, "Closing firehouses is ridiculous, and so is cutting back overtime. Something is going to happen soon, and they're going to blame us."
FDNY Puts New Limits on OT
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the cops have busted the block of canal street near pearl paint.
I talked to them and they said that
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"Something is going to happen soon, and they're going to blame us."
That sounds very close to "something bad is going to happen soon, and THEN you'll be sorry you messed with us."
why don't they close that ridiculous pension loophole? have pensions be based on average hours worked over the career, not just inflated hours in the final year.
i love how these firemen are likely flag waving republicans, yet they behave like welfare queens.
for reals.. The OT still sounds way overinflated.. I'm sure they need more time to shop for steaks at Pathmark and wake up sleeping homeless people people call in as deceased..