Garden City Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1588

08/11/2020

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03/20/2020

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07/19/2019

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01/06/2019

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09/11/2018

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Professional Firefighters of Nassau County, IAFF Local 1588

09/10/2018

09/07/2018

Although it is a difficult decision, the professional fire fighters and the village have reached an amicable solution to the ongoing disputes. It brings closure to the issue for both sides and more importantly for the citizens. Your Garden City Professional Fire Fighters, both past and present, have been honored to have protected the residents of this great community.

08/18/2018

An email from Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi to Trustee John Delaney on June 27, 2018, included a LOSAP proposal by a benefits administrator company... The maximum benefits in the illustrations were from $400 to $600 monthly. In an email on July 6th, also to Trustee Delaney, Administrator Suozzi says, “The leaders of the membership have already decided the version of LOSAP that they want implemented and the vendor also.”

The Village of Garden City has been examining a possible service award program to members of the volunteer fire department for several months, according to documents the Garden City News acquired via a Freedom of Information Law request. The type of program, known as Length of Service Awards Program...

08/17/2018

On Wednesday, New York State Supreme Court Justice R. Bruce Cozzens issued a temporary restraining order against the Village of Garden City which prohibits the Village from taking any action on its resolution to abolish the jobs of the firefighters, pending a court hearing on August 22nd.

The six residents, Kathleen Joyce, Meagan Male, T.J. Michon, Kent and Karen Reiter and Robert Wolff, claim that the Village failed to conduct an environmental review of the action; failed to comply with the state’s Open Meetings Law; and failed to comply with conflict of interest rules in the Village’s Ethic’s Code.

The action is brought under Article 78 of New York State’s Civil Practice Law and seeks to void the Village’s resolution to abolish the paid fire department, which was passed by the Board of Trustees on July 25th.

Six Garden City residents will be going to court next week to attempt to have a judge throw out a decision by the Garden City Board of Trustees to abolish the jobs of all of the Village's paid firefighters. On Wednesday, New York State Supreme Court Justice R. Bruce Cozzens issued a temporary restra...