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Laredo council votes to give all city employees 3% raise
April 27, 2021
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Laredo City Council members sit socially distanced during a regular meeting, Sept. 8, 2020, at City Hall.Danny Zaragoza /Laredo Morning Times file
At a special-called meeting on Monday, Laredo City Council voted to give all city employees a 3% cost of living adjustment to their salaries, an expense made possible by the millions of dollars on its way to the city from Congress’ last stimulus bill.
They also voted for city management to study and develop improvements to their wage and pay scale, which Human Resources Director Melina Bermudez said is out of date by about five to eight years.
City Council Aims To Reduce The NYPD s Footprint With Sweeping New Police Reforms
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The New York City Council announced on Friday that it plans to introduce a comprehensive bill package that would reduce the NYPD’s footprint in the city and improve police discipline and increase accountability.
Among the 11 proposals: stripping the police commissioner s final authority in disciplinary matters, ending qualified immunity for officers who commit misconduct, and giving the council the power to deny a mayor s choice for commissioner.
“Some of these issues, as I’ve been researching them, go back generations,” said one of the package s co-sponsors, Brooklyn Councilmember Stephen Levin. “So the police commissioner’s final authority on discipline that goes back 80 years.