LAY FACULTY ASSOCIATION
588 NORTH STATE RD.
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. 10510
914-944 4440                                                                           

September 1, 2010

Dear Friends of Labor,

We are local 255 of the Laborers International Union of North America. We represent the teachers of the Archdiocese of N.Y. Our union has represented teachers for over 40 years. 
  
 In 2007, after our contract expired, the Archdiocese decided to make the schools “independent.” Despite the fact that the school operations and budgets must be approved by the Archdiocese and they retain voting rights at each school, they contend they are “independent.”

The Amalgamated Transit Union's Larry Hanley raised thousands of dollars in a mid-Manhattan fundraiser highlighted by a who's who of NYC labor leaders and politicians. The event, at an Irish pub on 48th and Tenth Avenue, drew a crowd that pressed back against the regulars at the bar, nursing pints of Guiness Stout. The dapper David Dinkins, a former Mayor of the City, was first to praise Hanley. He was followed by New York's third highest-ranking public official Bill DiBlasio, the public advocate. John Liu, the City Comptroller, sent a representative.

Jackie Jeter, President of ATU Local 689, representing transit workers in Washington, DC, brought a number of her Executive Board members to the event, and gave a ringing endorsement of Hanley's candidacy for the top job in her international union. As Hanley stood with his wife and adult children, she said in part: "Larry Hanley is someone who can move us forward and step up to the plate to make the unpopular decisions when they have to be made. Right now, the ATU is in need of your leadership, and we want you to lead us forward. In Larry, I have found a friend I could look up to, who has the integrity to run the ATU."

By New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli

August 22, 2010

There are more than a thousand public authorities in the state, but most New Yorkers don’t know what they do or how they do it. Despite employing 159,000 people and spending $44 billion annually, New York’s 1,100 state and local public authorities remain largely unknown and unrecognized entities. As a result, taxpayers have little or no idea what authorities are doing to help us and our communities. They operate in the shadows, spending public money without much public scrutiny.

Don’t wait for your next scheduled eye exam if you have……..eye floaters, flashes and spots.  Eye floaters are tiny spots that do just that float around in your field of vision. Although they are annoying, they are quite common.

Floaters and spots are small pieces of the eye’s gel-like vitreous that break loose within the inner back portion of the eye.  This can be a product of age and these small particles may have various shapes and “float” as the eye moves.  These tiny spots and floaters are more pronounced when one looks up at a bright sky for example. “I have just recently experienced these symptoms myself during a bright summer day”, says Diane Bowin Director of Provider Relations, General Vision Services.

QUESTION: I WAITED A LONG TO SEE THE DOCTOR.  CAN I FILE A CLAIM FOR BENEFITS?

ANSWER: THERE IS NO TIME-FRAME TO SEE A DOCTOR

Joe hated doctors.  He hated them when he was well and he hated them when he was sick or injured.  So after that accident at work with the ladder, the hammer and the bucket, Joe delayed seeing his doctor.  After all, he didn’t need any stitches.  His head hurt and he just needed to rest. One week went by, then another, and then another.  Joe was losing time at work.  Finally, his wife got him to his doctor and soon Joe was on the mend.  But when it came to filing a Workers’ Compensation claim, Joe didn’t know what to do.  

File, Joe!! File!

By Richard C. Iannuzzi

August 20, 2010

One thing I know about New Yorkers, they're great at recognizing which products and proposals are worthwhile and which are no more than flashy come-ons that promise a lot, but deliver nothing.

That’s why I’m confident that, once voters learn more about property tax caps, they’ll reject them as another gimmick, not unlike those exercise belts that promise you three inches off your waistline in just 10 days.  Some things are simply "too good to be true."