http://www.balconynewyork.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/balcony-supports-higher-new-york-state-10-minimum-wage-proposal-of-fiscal-policy-institute/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/balcony-supports-higher-new-york-state-10-minimum-wage-proposal-of-fiscal-policy-institute/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:03:26 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5468

The Business and Labor Coalition of New York, BALCONY, today (Monday) announced its support for a phased-in $10 an hour minimum wage for New York State workers as proposed by the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) in a report released today: The Case for Raising the Minimum Wage. (FULL REPORT)

"New York State needs a minimum wage that helps families who are struggling to make ends meet," stated Alan Lubin and Robert Hayes, BALCONY co- chairs. "During the current economic upheaval it is time for our state to provide a wage floor that is realistic. Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo and Speaker Silver all agree that people cannot live on $7.25 an hour. BALCONY supports a $10 an hour phased-in minimum wage which will result in additional consumer spending that, according to FPI, will create more than 25,000 jobs." ]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/balcony-supports-higher-new-york-state-10-minimum-wage-proposal-of-fiscal-policy-institute/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/raising-new-york%e2%80%99s-minimum-wage-will-boost-the-state-economy/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/raising-new-york%e2%80%99s-minimum-wage-will-boost-the-state-economy/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:03:51 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5444

1.6 million low-wage workers would benefit; 25,000 jobs created

Raising New York’s minimum wage will boost the economy, helping 1.6 million low-wage workers and creating 25,000 jobs, according to a new report from the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI). Currently, New York’s minimum wage is the same as the federal $7.25 an hour. There hasn’t been a substantial increase in New York’s minimum in five years, although it rose by 10 cents in July 2009, when the last step of an increase in the federal minimum took effect.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/raising-new-york%e2%80%99s-minimum-wage-will-boost-the-state-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/new-york-state-democrats-will-propose-hike-in-state-minimum-wage-to-8-50-an-hour/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/new-york-state-democrats-will-propose-hike-in-state-minimum-wage-to-8-50-an-hour/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:56:35 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5441

Speaker Sheldon Silver confirms automatic increases will be part of proposal

by Kenneth Lovett

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will unveil a plan on Monday to increase the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour.

Assembly Democrats Monday will propose a hike in the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, the Daily News has learned.

]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/30/new-york-state-democrats-will-propose-hike-in-state-minimum-wage-to-8-50-an-hour/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/25/catherine-abate-and-robert-hayes-selected-as-new-balcony-co%e2%80%93-chairs-join-alan-lubin-to-lead-the-business-and-labor-coalition-of-new-york/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/25/catherine-abate-and-robert-hayes-selected-as-new-balcony-co%e2%80%93-chairs-join-alan-lubin-to-lead-the-business-and-labor-coalition-of-new-york/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:34:52 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5415       

For Immediate Release: January 25, 2012

The Business and Labor Coalition of New York (BALCONY) announced today (Wednesday) that Catherine Abate, President/CEO of Community Healthcare Network, and Robert Hayes, Senior VP of Universal American, have been named new BALCONY co-chairs. They join Alan Lubin, former Senior Executive Vice President of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), to lead the coalition in 2012.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/25/catherine-abate-and-robert-hayes-selected-as-new-balcony-co%e2%80%93-chairs-join-alan-lubin-to-lead-the-business-and-labor-coalition-of-new-york/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/18/balcony-members-comment-on-gov-cuomos-2012-2013-nys-budget/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/18/balcony-members-comment-on-gov-cuomos-2012-2013-nys-budget/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:38:21 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5341 Responses from:

PEF President Ken Brynien
CSEA President Danny Donohue
NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi and Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/18/balcony-members-comment-on-gov-cuomos-2012-2013-nys-budget/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/17/statement-on-the-2012-1013-nys-budget-alan-lubin-co-chair-of-the-business-and-labor-coalition-of-new-york-balcony/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/17/statement-on-the-2012-1013-nys-budget-alan-lubin-co-chair-of-the-business-and-labor-coalition-of-new-york-balcony/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:09:29 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5327 Alan Lubin co-chair of the Business and Labor Coalition of New York, BALCONY

The Cuomo administration's 2012-2013 budget message is a positive step that can create jobs, rebuild New York's infrastructure, rejuvenate our convention business and revive the City of Buffalo.

The administration's desire to create a Tier VI pension system for public employees is misguided and premature since the state created a Tier V in the past two years.

We believe a fair teacher evaluation program can be worked out within the governor's time-frame if City and State officials come to the table seeking a honest solution.

We need further details on the administration's desire to consolidate state agencies and programs, and the resulting impact on the delivery of services to the residents of our state. Finally BALCONY supports the Governor's creation of the New York State Insurance Health Care Exchange as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. ]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/17/statement-on-the-2012-1013-nys-budget-alan-lubin-co-chair-of-the-business-and-labor-coalition-of-new-york-balcony/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/17/2012-13-executive-budget-reform-plan-by-robert-l-megna-director-of-the-budget/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/17/2012-13-executive-budget-reform-plan-by-robert-l-megna-director-of-the-budget/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:06:04 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5324 New NY Transformation Plan...the next step
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

This has been an extraordinary year for New York State. In enacting the 2011-12 Budget, Governor Cuomo and the Legislature transformed the budget process erasing a $10 billion deficit, ending unsustainable spending growth, and creating new ways to involve the public in developing solutions to the State’s problems. In addition, this past December the Governor and Legislature lowered taxes for middle class New Yorkers to the lowest level in 58 years and brought fairness to our tax code.

This Executive Budget demonstrates that New York is now on a new course. The recommendations in the Budget represent a responsible, balanced plan for New York State that continues Governor Cuomo’s efforts to strengthen New York’s economy while improving both the quality of services delivered and the accountability over State spending. For the second year in a row, this budget decreases the All Funds budget from the previous year and controls State Funds growth to 2 percent, consistent with the property tax cap adopted for local governments. This budget honors the landmark two-year appropriations in School Aid and Medicaid, with increases tied to the underlying economic growth.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/17/2012-13-executive-budget-reform-plan-by-robert-l-megna-director-of-the-budget/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/it%e2%80%99s-on-bloomberg-picks-a-fight-with-teachers-union/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/it%e2%80%99s-on-bloomberg-picks-a-fight-with-teachers-union/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:13:49 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5307

By Adam Lisberg

“I loved the children in the beginning, the singers and the dancers. Weren’t they wonderful?”

That was the nicest thing United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew could think to say about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City address yesterday, which was studded with education initiatives that reformers love and the union loves to hate.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/it%e2%80%99s-on-bloomberg-picks-a-fight-with-teachers-union/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/mulgrew-responds-to-mayor-bloombergs-state-of-the-city-address/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/mulgrew-responds-to-mayor-bloombergs-state-of-the-city-address/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:37:49 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5280

Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the City address on Jan. 12 proposed merit pay for teachers, vowed to step up effects to remove ineffective teachers, blamed the union for the breakdown of negotiations over a teacher evaluation system in 33 restart and transformation schools and announced that he would open 50 new charter schools in the next two years. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, "The mayor seems to be lost in his own fantasy world of education, the one where reality doesn't apply."]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/mulgrew-responds-to-mayor-bloombergs-state-of-the-city-address/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/mayor-bloomberg-delivers-2012-state-of-the-city-address-%e2%80%93-nyc-capital-of-innovation/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/mayor-bloomberg-delivers-2012-state-of-the-city-address-%e2%80%93-nyc-capital-of-innovation/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:35:02 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5277

The following is the text of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s 2012 State of the City address as prepared for delivery at Morris High School in the Bronx.

“Thank you. Mayors Koch and Dinkins, Speaker Quinn and Minority Leader Oddo, Public Advocate De Blasio, Comptroller Liu, Borough Presidents, District Attorneys, members of the City Council and State Legislature, my fellow New Yorkers – it’s great to be in the Bronx.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/13/mayor-bloomberg-delivers-2012-state-of-the-city-address-%e2%80%93-nyc-capital-of-innovation/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/06/balcony-members-comment-of-gov-cuomos-2012-state-of-the-state/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/06/balcony-members-comment-of-gov-cuomos-2012-state-of-the-state/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:20:34 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5175 Responses from:

PEF President Ken Brynien
UFT President Michael Mulgrew
CSEA President Danny Donohue
NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/06/balcony-members-comment-of-gov-cuomos-2012-state-of-the-state/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/05/governor-cuomo-outlines-plan-to-continue-building-a-new-new-york-by-growing-the-economy-reinventing-state-government-and-advancing-new-york-as-a-progressive-leader/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/05/governor-cuomo-outlines-plan-to-continue-building-a-new-new-york-by-growing-the-economy-reinventing-state-government-and-advancing-new-york-as-a-progressive-leader/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:10:22 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5163 In Second State of the State Address, Governor Cuomo Outlines Agenda for 2012

Albany, NY (January 4, 2012)



Albany, NY (January 4, 2012)

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today delivered his 2012 State of the State Address in which he outlined a comprehensive agenda that builds on the success of last year. The Governor launched a new economic development blueprint that invests billions of dollars in key public-private sector partnerships and rebuilding infrastructure to create thousands of new jobs across the state, proposed a reinvention of how government operates in order to get results for the people while protecting taxpayer dollars, and detailed a series of actions to strengthen New York's legacy as the progressive capital of the nation.

"New York State is on the way to coming back stronger than ever before. By working together in a bipartisan manner and putting the people first, we have established the credibility to govern and to lead. Now we must build on what we have already accomplished to begin to undo decades of decline. We have big problems, but we are confronting them with big solutions. Now is the time to get to work, building a New New York together," Governor Cuomo said.

Read the entire State of the State address here: State of the State]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2012/01/05/governor-cuomo-outlines-plan-to-continue-building-a-new-new-york-by-growing-the-economy-reinventing-state-government-and-advancing-new-york-as-a-progressive-leader/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/07/nys-fair-tax-code-reform-responses/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/07/nys-fair-tax-code-reform-responses/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:16:05 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5029
From Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
From NYSUT
From Gregory Floyd, president of Teamster Local 237
From UFT President Michael Mulgrew
From CSEA President Danny Donohue]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/07/nys-fair-tax-code-reform-responses/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/balcony-applauds-progress-on-new-york-state-fair-taxation/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/balcony-applauds-progress-on-new-york-state-fair-taxation/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:58:10 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5015 BALCONY APPLAUDS PROGRESS ON NEW YORK STATE FAIR TAXATION

For Release Tuesday December 6th

BALCONY, the Business and Labor Coalition of New York, today (Tuesday) commended the New York State Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo for reaching an agreement on a fair tax code reform for New York State. BALCONY urged immediate passage by the New York State Assembly and Senate. ]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/balcony-applauds-progress-on-new-york-state-fair-taxation/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/governor-cuomo-majority-leader-skelos-speaker-silver-announce-comprehensive-plans-to-create-jobs-and-grow-the-economy/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/governor-cuomo-majority-leader-skelos-speaker-silver-announce-comprehensive-plans-to-create-jobs-and-grow-the-economy/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:10:27 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5018 GOVERNOR CUOMO, MAJORITY LEADER SKELOS & SPEAKER SILVER ANNOUNCE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO CREATE JOBS AND GROW THE ECONOMY

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced that they have reached a proposed three-way agreement on legislative and executive proposals to create jobs and cut taxes for middle class New Yorkers. The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure, passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers taxpayers, approving $50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods, and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses. The leaders will now present the agreement to their members for approval.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/governor-cuomo-majority-leader-skelos-speaker-silver-announce-comprehensive-plans-to-create-jobs-and-grow-the-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/fpi-report-reforming-the-new-york-tax-code/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/fpi-report-reforming-the-new-york-tax-code/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:07:49 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5023

New York State is at a crossroads. Our tax structure is scheduled to change in a way that will render state revenues inadequate for the budget years ahead. Hundreds of thousands of households struggle to pay property tax bills that represent an inordinate share of their incomes. And, in the aftermath of the Great Recession, far too many New Yorkers are still looking for jobs as good as the ones they used to have. What can be done? What strategies can we pursue that will increase revenues to preserve the services that support New Yorkers’ quality of life and make it possible for families to move up the socioeconomic ladder—and that will, at the same time, make the tax system fairer?]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/06/fpi-report-reforming-the-new-york-tax-code/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/01/ex-mf-global-chiefs-role-in-pension-reform-plan-questioned/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/01/ex-mf-global-chiefs-role-in-pension-reform-plan-questioned/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:08:08 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=5005

By Chris Bragg

As more details filter out about the collapse of MF Global – the major derivatives trading firm that crashed under a $1 billion cash shortfall last month— a New York City union leader is questioning why two of the company’s top officials are leading efforts to revamp the city’s $120 billion pension fund system.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/12/01/ex-mf-global-chiefs-role-in-pension-reform-plan-questioned/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/03/pef-members-ratify-revised-tentative-agreement-3496-jobs-saved/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/03/pef-members-ratify-revised-tentative-agreement-3496-jobs-saved/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:44:26 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4986

Albany - By a count of 27,718 to 11,645, members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) ratified a revised four-year agreement with the state that averts significant layoffs.

The ratification of the new agreement saves the jobs of 3,496 PEF members and preserves the vital services our members provide.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/03/pef-members-ratify-revised-tentative-agreement-3496-jobs-saved/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/03/statement-of-csea-president-danny-donohue-in-response-to-gov-andrew-cuomo%e2%80%99s-let-ny-work-agenda/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/03/statement-of-csea-president-danny-donohue-in-response-to-gov-andrew-cuomo%e2%80%99s-let-ny-work-agenda/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:22:04 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4983

President Danny Donohue



November 3, 2011

“The package of so-called public sector reforms put forward under the banner of the Let NY Work coalition — apparently at the urging of Gov. Andrew Cuomo — is another despicable broadside on working people. Their bile is a perversion of reality that misrepresents the facts about very complex issues facing our state. ]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/03/statement-of-csea-president-danny-donohue-in-response-to-gov-andrew-cuomo%e2%80%99s-let-ny-work-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/02/comptroller-liu-mayor-bloomberg-and-labor-leaders-announce-agreement-in-principle-to-reform-pension-investment-governance-and-management/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/02/comptroller-liu-mayor-bloomberg-and-labor-leaders-announce-agreement-in-principle-to-reform-pension-investment-governance-and-management/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:09:34 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4968

Proposal Delegates Investment Authority for All Five Pension Funds to One Newly Created Body Authorized to Hire an Independent Professional Manager

First Major Reform of Pension Investment Structure in 70 Years

NEW YORK, NY – City Comptroller John C. Liu, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and organized labor leaders today announced an agreement in principle to reform and professionalize the investment governance and management of the City’s pension funds. The proposal would place investment advisory authority for all five of the currently independent City pension funds under one new pension board, supported by an independent, full-time staff led by a Chief Investment Officer, who would be appointed to a fixed term. The proposal is intended to insulate management of pension assets from any political office, further professionalize it and make it more consistent with industry best practices. The proposal aims to increase investment returns, lower the City’s pension costs, protect and strengthen pensions for current and future retirees, enhance accountability and guard against the possibility of fraud and corruption. The City’s five pension funds currently have 58 trustees, each with a different weighted vote, who decide investment policy. No two systems are governed, managed or operated in the same manner, resulting in complexity, inconsistency and inefficiency. The Mayor and Comptroller made the announcement at City Hall, where they were joined by District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, Uniformed Firefighters Association President Stephen Cassidy, Patrolman’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, Detectives’ Endowment Association President Michael Palladino, Captains Endowment Association President Roy Richter, and Pension Board Trustees.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/02/comptroller-liu-mayor-bloomberg-and-labor-leaders-announce-agreement-in-principle-to-reform-pension-investment-governance-and-management/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/01/mayor-and-comptroller-seek-joint-management-for-5-pension-plans/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/01/mayor-and-comptroller-seek-joint-management-for-5-pension-plans/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:19:59 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4960

by Steven Greenhouse

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the New York City comptroller, John C. Liu, proposed a far-reaching overhaul of the city’s five pension plans on Thursday, saying they believed that a new, consolidated investment strategy could save the city at least $1 billion a year. ]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/01/mayor-and-comptroller-seek-joint-management-for-5-pension-plans/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/01/trouble-already-for-city-pension-reforms/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/01/trouble-already-for-city-pension-reforms/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:12:06 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4956

by Adam Lisberg

The pension management reforms proposed last week by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Comptroller John Liu could run into challenges from representatives of the very workers they are supposed to benefit.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/11/01/trouble-already-for-city-pension-reforms/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/29/statement-of-pef-president-ken-brynien/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/29/statement-of-pef-president-ken-brynien/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:37:40 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4929

Albany - The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) is prepared to present to the state new ideas which we believe will lead to a tentative contract agreement that will meet everyone’s needs and our members will ratify.

Although the governor has said he will not change the state’s proposal we remain hopeful we can reach an agreement. The next few days will be critical as we try to preserve state services while meeting the savings the state requires.

PEF is the state’s second-largest state-employee union, representing 56,000 professional, scientific and technical (PS&T) employees and other public and private employees. The contract covers the PS&T employees.]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/29/statement-of-pef-president-ken-brynien/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/28/pef-members-reject-tentative-agreement/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/28/pef-members-reject-tentative-agreement/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:52:34 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4927



Albany - For the first time in the 34 year history of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), members voted to reject the tentative agreement negotiated with the state. ]]> http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/28/pef-members-reject-tentative-agreement/feed/ 0 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/08/ny-lawmakers-file-petition-requiring-911-health-czar-to-consider-covering-cancers/ http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/08/ny-lawmakers-file-petition-requiring-911-health-czar-to-consider-covering-cancers/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:49:11 +0000 kevin http://www.balconynewyork.com/?p=4902 http://www.balconynewyork.com/2011/09/08/ny-lawmakers-file-petition-requiring-911-health-czar-to-consider-covering-cancers/feed/ 0