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For City Workers, Snow Day Comes With Red Tape

February 2nd, 2011 - By TheEditor
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(Wall Street Journal) — Oh, snow! Mayor Michael Bloomberg has yet another snow-related debacle on his winter-weary shoulders — and this time city employees are throwing the snowballs.  City workers accused the mayor of unfairly trying to dock them a day’s pay after he backtracked on declaring an official snow day last week. On Jan. 27, after a storm blanketed the city in 19 inches of snow, the mayor’s press office issued a statement from Bloomberg announcing that most government offices were closed for the day.  “Because heavy snow fell in the city overnight, all non-emergency city government offices are closed for today, in addition to all public schools,” the statement said. “New York City almost never takes a snow day, but today is one of those rare days. People should stay at home and off the roads.”

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