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10. NYTimes cites five but doesn't name the other four.

Reply to marym625 (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 12:30 PM

Jan 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-and-police-union-leaders-meeting.html

"Three of the five police unions have already reached tentative labor agreements with the administration; the city is approaching arbitration proceedings with the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association."

Be interesting to know who they are, and if PBA speaks for them. They don't have much of a web presence that I can find.

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