Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn DA-elect Ken Thompson is holding firm with trying to prevent outgoing DA Charles Hynes from paying his rackets chief $285,000 for unused vacation days, but Hynes plans to make the payment anyway.
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The New York Post (http://bit.ly/JtgnRi) reports that Thompson sent Hynes a letter on Thursday ordering that no payments be paid to outgoing DA employees for more than 52 weeks of unused vacation time.
As previously reported, Michael Vecchione, Hynes’ rackets bureau chief, plans to cash in over one year of unused vacation days that total approximately $285,000.
DA spokesman Jerry Schmetterer said, “We got the letter [Thursday] night and we are reviewing it and we will respond [this] week.”
A Thompson spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Law enforcement stated that about 40 Hynes staffers plan to leave the office before Thompson’s January 1 arrival.
NYC and all of the US face difficult choices. There are few options in cutting back on the total cost of welfare so it is more effective to take it from working people. Obviously someone that banked over 52 weeks of paid vacation should be penalized.
Why the concern?? Until recently, the law in New York allowed unlimited accumulation of vacation leave for these employees. They were able to take “comp time” to offset unpaid overtime during trials and thus rarely needed to charge vacation time for their days away from the office. He should be commended for his smart use of the rules. Under reforms adopted in 2011, this can no longer happen but there are probably several thousand current employees in the old NYC system who have banked more than $100,000 in unused vacation time.
give the man a long vacation, no compensation
most city agencies only allow carry over of 3 years worth of annual leave. for example if you get 4 weeks per year you cannot carry more than 12 weeks in your total annual bank.
To all you anti Bloomberg / Hynes people.
Good luck with deBlassio and Thomapson. You guys are gona wish the old days came back. I ‘ll start with new rash of knock out crimes. A direct correaltion with the new mayor and DA or no? ( I know they are not in office yet but the done has been set)