ac316scu

Members
  • Content count

    108
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by ac316scu


  1. Actually, Marine 6 "Bravest" is the largest SAFE boat built at 64' and cost 2.4 Million Dollars. I was on it yesterday and it is worth every penny. It will go into service on Friday officially. It is an awesome addition to the fleet. There are at least 4 more 33' Safe Boats coming to replace the well aged 27' Boston Whalers used for the Summer Season.

    This photo was taken as we boarded the 343 for the afternoon session.

    Stay Safe.

    Please tell me how a small boat like that can cost 2.4 million dollars??


  2. This is how all diesels are going to be from now on. With the government mandating certain fuel economy and emissions they need to add new technology. The use of urea helps cut the amount of toxic emissions by a lot. I know on the new fords it will give you a warning when you are low. Once you run out it will allow you to drive for a few miles in limp mode. If you fail to put any urea in the car will not start. And the higher end manufactures are gonna need to use this too. Mercedes already has their version of the urea system out now.


  3. I would have loved to read the article. Too bad Newsday/Cablevision makes you pay for it. Hopefully it will come out in another source.

    Bayville firefighters' age discrimination suit settled

    Originally published: April 12, 2010 8:17 PM

    By ZACHARY R. DOWDY zachary.dowdy@newsday.com

    As many as two dozen Bayville firefighters will receive monetary awards as part of a settlement in a lawsuit against the Bayville Fire Company and three Town of Oyster Bay villages - entities that the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said unlawfully denied the firefighters pension-related benefits because of age.

    The EEOC Monday announced the settlement to the case against the fire company and the villages of Bayville, Mill Neck and Centre Island, saying the firefighters will share the awards amounting to between $180,000 and $240,000, and includes receiving an increased monthly pension benefit.

    The agency brought the lawsuit on behalf of the firefighters because it claimed they had been barred from accruing credit toward a "length of service award," the equivalent of a retirement pension, because of their age.

    The entities did not allow accrual of the benefit for firefighters above 65, an apparent violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which protects workers older than 40 from age discrimination.

    "The system in effect penalized older firefighters because of their age, and that was simply illegal," EEOC chairwoman Jacqueline A. Berrien said in a statement. "We welcome the decision to settle this case in a way that ensures that these brave firefighters, who do heroic work, do not receive different retirement benefits simply because of their age."

    Attorneys for the villages and fire company could not be reached for comment.

    The case was similar to others brought by the agency and settled on Long Island.

    In January, the Village of Mineola and its fire department agreed to pay $237,072 to settle a bias lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of 25 volunteers firefighters who were denied pension credit for service after they turned 60.