Local 983 Rangers Lead Tennis Fans to Safety
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As Hurricane Ida deluged Flushing Meadow Park, Local 983 Urban Park Rangers and City Seasonal Aides fought the cold, driving rains to lead U.S. Open fans [...]
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Parks Rangers Axed in Foul Budget Move
BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS Fifty Urban Park Rangers were chopped June 30 as New York City entered a new fiscal cycle in what union leaders say is a misguided response to the [...]
Long-time Urban Park Rangers Win Big Raises in New Contract
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Urban Park Rangers and Associate Urban Park Rangers overwhelmingly approved a new contract that will boost their salaries by nearly 7.5 percent over 49 [...]
Urban Park Rangers Find a Lost 83-year-old Man on a Search-and-Rescue Mission
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Local 983 Urban Park Rangers in Staten Island’s Ocean Breeze fanned out across the tidal marsh in a search-and-rescue mission to find a lost [...]
Union Calls for Additional Parks and School Workers
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS and ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 leaders are making their case on behalf of understaffed agencies and overworked employees at a series of City Council budget [...]
Urban Park Rangers Honored for 9/11 Heroism
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Sixteen years after aiding thousands to safety aross the Hudson River during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, three heroic Urban Park Rangers and the [...]
Mounted Unit Protects City Parks
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Keeping New York City’s natural jewels, verdant parklands like Van Cortlandt Park, Central Park and Prospect Park, safe are the equestrian detail of [...]
Local 983 Wins Higher Pay and Better Benefits for Urban Park Rangers
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS From March 1 to March 27, New York City will offer an open competitive exam for Urban Park Rangers. To apply, file an application with the Dept. of [...]
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