Wages and Pensions

Some of the officers ensnared in that ticket-fixing scam say they'd rather fight than accept a plea bargain from prosecutors, a move that would allowed them to hang on to their pension -- if acquitted. Bronx prosecutors and defense attorneys engaged in...

Detective Gescard Isnora, the undercover cop who fired the first shots in the controversial shooting death of Sean Bell in 2006, told his story publicly for the first time today. He was testifying in the NYPD departmental trial that's seeking to push him...

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged 11 people in connection with an alleged $1 billion fraud involving hundreds of railroad workers filing false disability claims. In some cases workers claimed they were unable to work even while they played golf,...

At a time when pension payments are straining government budgets nationwide, forcing layoffs of teachers, police and other municipal workers, investigators arrest nearly a dozen people in connection with what prosecutors call a pension scam that has...

If you are worried about the debt reduction plan signed by the President this week, don't be. Although no one, including the President seems to like the deal. It really doesn't do much. $900 Billion over a decade is a drop in the federal spending bucket....

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who made an unsuccessful run for President in 2008, is still considering giving it another shot next year. In an exclusive local television interview on "PIX 11 Newscloseup," Giuliani declared, "I'm not ready to make a...

The Port Authority of New York New Jersey is expected to vote on proposed fare increases tomorrow, but if the New York State Comptroller has his way, he'd rather they look at huge overtime bills before asking commuters to dig into their wallets for...

The NYPD is hitting Manhattan's trendy bars and clubs in the war on terror and underage drinking. Police are trying to convince owners to install pricey ID scanners that would archive personal data from every person who swipes their card. While some...

About 4,000 Macy’s workers in New York City and Westchester County are threatening to strike if they do not receive a new contract by midnight on Wednesday, said a union spokesperson. The contract under debate covers four Macy’s stores in...

Is Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme” as Texas Governor and leading Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry claims? To answer that, first we need to know what a Ponzi Scheme is. Named after Boston conman Charles Ponzi, it is a fraudulent...

In 2010, Dr. Padma Allen of Wayne, New Jersey, was honored as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Women's Tech Council. Allen is the founder of Technodyne, which was called a fast-growing, information technology company. Now, the Indian-born medical...

A man in Gaston County, N.C., was jailed after holding up a bank for $1 -- but the crime was all part of a larger plan, according to the robber. Richard James Verone is 59 and was unemployed with multiple health issues before the crime. Varone says he...