New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Sanitation Department have been taking lots of heat for their tardy street-clearing efforts in the wake of a post-Christmas blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow on the Big Apple. Many streets had yet to be plowed days after the storm; one City Council member claims some sanitation workers told him they had taken part in a deliberate snow-clearing slowdown to protest recent layoffs and job demotions.
Bloomberg himself poo-poohed rumors of a job action.
Bloomberg himself poo-poohed rumors of a job action.
The mayor's 2011 budget projected total wage, salary, fringe
benefit and pension costs for the Sanitation Department would come to
$1.359 billion this year (see page 141 of the 2011 Mayor's Message).
On a full-time equivalent employee (FTE) headcount base projected at
9,074 workers at the end of fiscal 2011, that comes to $149,738 in
average total compensation per worker, including average wages and
salaries of $85,380 per FTE. Even that figure understates the true
value of the average sanitation workers' total compensation, since it
does not reflect the cost of providing free health insurance coverage
for the workers after they retire -- which they can elect to do after as
few as 20 years, at one-half of final average pay including overtime.
As shown on the SeeThroughNY transparency website, some 377 Sanitation Department employees (mostly supervisors) earned more than $100,000 last year.
As shown on the SeeThroughNY transparency website, some 377 Sanitation Department employees (mostly supervisors) earned more than $100,000 last year.
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