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NYPD Set to Get a Pay Increase
(New York-WABC, June 28, 2005) — NYPD officers will get a ten percent raise over the next two years, under a contract approved by an arbitration panel and set to be announced today. The raise is bigger than Mayor Bloomberg had wanted, and could greatly influence the city's negotiations with other large unions, especially the teachers' union. The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the Bloomberg administration are expected to release details of the binding decision today. Eyewitness News has learned a three-member arbitration panel unanimously approved the retroactive deal. Under it, the average police officer will get $13,782 in back pay. But while top base pay for police officers goes to $59,588 from $54,048, the panel agreed to let the city pay for the raises by lowering starting salaries to $25,100, down from $38,000. The cut could hurt recruiting efforts. All police officers will also give up one personal leave day and be subject to 15 rescheduled tours, up from the current 10. Both those productivity changes were championed by the Bloomberg administration. The deal covers the PBA's roughly 23,000 active members, who must now seek another contract to bring them up to date. The arbitration panel began considering the matter in November after the city and the PBA failed to reach an agreement after two years of negotiations |
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