In what could be Mayor Bloomberg’ s first comment on the Giuliani administration’s welfare policy, the new welfare commissioner has signaled she may back away from the old regime’s plan to hire a temp agency to place thousands of welfare recipients into city jobs.
The city’s teachers union overlooked some differences of opinion on education policy last week to endorse Republican John Ravitz in his race for Roy Goodman’s state senate seat, leaving some labor leaders wondering if the United Federation of Teachers and other major municipal employee unions are bending under pressure from Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
As the New Year continues, so too do staff changeovers at government agencies and nonprofits across the city.
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