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No pay raises for police Ruling by state panel also slashes retirement payouts period from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2017. The city and the PBA must In a split decision, a three- still negotiate other issues, but member state arbitration panel the separation payments and the has ruled that unionized Long PBA’s request for 5 percent pay Beach police officers are not raises in 2015-16 and 2016-17 were entitled to any pay major issues of conraises, and that sepatention. ration payments for The Long Beach new hires must be department has 61 substantially remembers, including duced, because the 58 who are reprecity does not have sented by the PBA. the money to meet The arbitration t h e u n i o n ’s d e panel ruled that the mands. P BA s h o u l d n o t The vote by the re c e ive a ny p ay Public Employment increases for those Re l a t i o n s B o a r d years, and that sepaarbitrators, released ration payments last week, was 2-1, PBa sTaTEmENT should be capped at with a representa$275,000. tive for Long Beach, In a release, the Terry O’Neill, and an indepen- city said that the range for those dent member, Arthur Riegel, vot- payments is now $500,000 to ing for no raises and sharp cuts $700,000 after 20 years of service. to separation payments, and In an interview, Wells disputed Brian Wells, the Patrolmen’s those figures, saying that some Benevolent Association member, members may have received voting against that decision. such amounts, but not all. The PBA took issue with the In addition, the arbitration ruling, and Wells said the union panel said that newly hired is considering filing a suit in union members must contribute court to block the arbitration 15 percent to their health insurdecision. The PBA has been ance, beginning after five years. working without a contract since 2015, and the ruling covers the Continued on page 3
By JamEs BERNsTEiN jbernstein@liherald.com
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CollEEN mosEmaN, DiRECToR of the Long Island Toy Lending Center for Children with Disabilities, in Point Lookout, worked with a student, Claire McCabe, of Oceanside.
Toys bring magic to disabled Small donations save the day for center By JamEs BERNsTEiN jbernstein@liherald.com
Colleen Moseman, a former special-education teacher, normally hosts a number of fundraising events each year to support a Point Lookout-based organization she started two decades ago — the Long Island Toy Lending Center for Children with Disabilities. The fundraisers, along with a grant from the state Office of People with Develop-
mental Disabilities, help pay Moseman’s salary as the center’s director, and for toys and materials for the children and young adults in the program. But many of those fundraisers — included an annual dance and a Bathing Cap Beauty Day, in Point Lookout — could not be held amid the coronavirus pandemic. By April, Moseman said, the situation looked grim. She didn’t know where new funds would come from. She needed $30,000. So she started a letter-
writing campaign. The campaign worked. Money started to come “in dribs and drabs,” she said. Private family foundations made some larger contributions. She wound up with $38,000. “I really lucked out with this,” Moseman said. That’s great news for the 22 families whose children and young adults are enrolled in the Toy Lending Center’s programs. Some come to the cenContinued on page 3
e also receive a lower base salary than Nassau County police officers.