Spano, Yonkers firefighters debate staffing levels at arbitration hearing
Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Yonkers Fire Local 628 President Barry McGoey addresses Yonkers Fire Department firefighters as Mayor Mike Spano presides over the promotions of five fire captains and five lieutenants at city hall. (Sept. 17, 2012)
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Yonkers officials and the city's firefighter union met for six hours in closed-door arbitration hearings Tuesday in an effort to resolve a contentious dispute over minimum-staffing levels for the city's fire department.
At issue is a requirement that the city keep at least 57 firefighters on duty, no matter how many have called in sick, a number set by an expired labor contract between the...
