De Blasio Administration Strikes First Contract Deal -- With Retro Pay -- With DEP Cops

CELESTE KATZ


The de Blasio administration has settled its first labor contract, a quick deal with 200 environmental officers that could signal a smoother period of labor relations after the cold war between the unions and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

NYC_DEP_Police.jpgThe officers, whose duties include patrolling the city's watershed upstate, had been working without a contract for an astounding nine years. Under the new agreement, they will receive an average of more than $50,000 each in back pay.

Kenneth Wynder, who represents the officers as head of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association, praised the de Blasio administration for its "fairness."

"We got treated with respect," he said. "We felt much better compared to the nine-year battle we had with the old administration," he told the Daily News.


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