Spano-firefighters dispute over medical calls goes to arbitration
A judge ruled that Mayor Mike Spano cannot remove firefighters' status as EMS personnel. (January 2, 2013 5:17 PM)
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Mayor Mike Spano's campaign to get Yonkers firefighters out of the ambulance business will be decided in arbitration proceedings.
At a hearing in White Plains, State Supreme Court Justice Sam Walker upheld a previous ruling that blocked Spano's plan to end the practice of sending fire units to medical emergencies. The judge then ordered that the issue be resolved in arbitration hearings to...
