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  • Haiti Relief Benefit at The Bell House

    Posted by Diane J. Savino on Friday, January 29th, 2010

    This Wednesday, it was my pleasure to participate in a benefit concert for Haiti relief efforts at the Bell House in Brooklyn. 


    The event raised funds for two amazing organizations, Save the Children and Partners in Health that have been providing direct medical care, as well as assisting the most vulnerable victims of this disaster, the children. 

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  • Pols Take Aim at Overtime 'Abuse' in State's Prisons

    BY Michael J. Feeney
    DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER


    Monday, February 1st 2010, 4:00 AM


    The state Correctional Services Department
    could save cash-strapped New York more
    than $15 million by cutting overtime and
    reducing other "rampant mismanagement,"
    two state lawmakers charged.


    State Sens. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) and Diane
    Savino (D-S.I.) cited overtime as the
    agency's biggest money pit in a report
    analyzing costs at prisons.


    Ten employees split close to $900,000 in
    OT, the report said.

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