An arbitrator has ruled that the de Blasio administration must pay half of the overdue back wages it owes to Correction Officers in their Dec. 24 checks, with the remainder to be disbursed no later than next July 31, while also permitting the city to defer welfare-fund and annuity-fund contributions until next December.
In return for those concessions, which will bring about $42 million in savings toward the $1 billion that Mayor de Blasio is seeking from all city unions, arbitrator Martin Scheinman required that a no-layoff clause take effect for all members of the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association through next June 30 that would be extended through June 30, 2022 if the city receives $5 billion in aid during the remainder of this fiscal year from the state and/or Federal governments.
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