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To t a l outside the pay compensation The cash-strapped agency paid 478 Brooklyn out $17.2 million in overtime last John Wu $87,156 $216,889 Laid-off station facility year to its officers, MTA records Pablo Hernandez $87,156 $205,628 agents where 478 show, with near- Richard Ciullo $85,163 $203,370 laid-off sta- ly two-thirds Denis Gleeson $84,167 $187,351 tion agents will return their of the force Winston Henvill $85,163 $184,282 uniforms. earning more SOURCE: MTA “It’s time to kick it up a than $100,000 notch,” said Israel Rivera, when adding in ● Sixteen officers made more the TWU secretary treasurer. the extra pay. than the department chief’s salary The MTA “has compromised “What are they of $163,550. the safety of the train system doing to earn that ● The top 10 earners made be- right after a known terrorist much?” asked straphanger Jennifer tween $184,280 and $216,900, more attack,” he said. McReynolds, 25, of Greenpoint. than double their salaries. The agency declined to MTA police officers, who patrol ● Overtime for the top three earn- Some MTA cops, like the ones who patrol Penn Station, made more in comment yesterday. the commuter rails, the Staten ers jumped by more than $40,000 annual salary with overtime than the department chief. (CRAIG RUTTLE) Union leaders have been Island Railway, Penn Station and between 2007 and 2009. in ongoing negotiations Grand Central, were given a base “Those numbers look like the overtime, said MTA spokesman The MTA reduced police over- with transit officials, but the salary of between $39,000 and kind of salary [Mayor] Bloomberg Kevin Ortiz. A multimillion-dollar time by 7 percent between 2008 agency, facing a $450 million $88,000 in 2009. However, an would get,” said Sergei Krasikov, 31, federal grant covered the bulk of and 2009 as part of a larger effort deficit this year, is moving amNewYork review of their pay a Brooklyn rider. the extra expense. to slash costs, Ortiz said, but raises forward with the cuts. An- found that many boost their earn- The MTA police stepped up its “In order to ensure the safety and for officers meant the overtime only other 700 transit workers ings with overtime. patrolling of trains and stations security of our customers, some dipped by about $200,000. also are facing layoffs this Here are some of the findings: beginning in 2007, which required overtime is necessary,” Ortiz said. Nicholas Klopsis contributed to this story. summer. (HEATHER HADDON) DRESS UP for MOTHER’S DAY NOW THROUGH MAY 9TH RECEIVE ALL FULL-PRICE DRESSES SHOP LOFTONLINE.COM THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010 amNewYork 03 NY.com NEWS Outed as hypocrites tor Ted Haggard and others — that he is a good Christian,” • Idaho Sen. Yet another who opposed gay rights but said Don Gremchik, 24, of Larry Craig: The were pursuing men or hav- Chelsea. 64-year-old anti-gay zealot ing trysts with them. Sarah Chinn of CUNY’s voted against • Virginia Rep. “He’s a spectacular hypo- Center for Lesbian and Gay adding “sexual Ed Schrock: An Fishermen unload crab traps after dumping in sex scandal orientation” to crite who’s done great harm Studies, argued that the al- opponent of their catch in Louisiana yesterday. (GETTY) hate crime laws. to our community,” Wayne leged outing perpetuates a gay marriage In 2007, he and gays in BY EMILY NGO Besen of Truth Wins Out, dangerous stereotype. was accused of the military, [email protected] which fights gay disinforma- “It feeds into this sort of soliciting a male Schrock, 69, More cash for tion, said of Rekers. pop psychology that people undercover cop for abandoned his Yet another religious The Family Research who are homophobes are sex in an airport 2004 re-election leader who fought Council yesterday secretly gay and they’re re- bathroom. He bid after a gay rights apparently distanced itself from pressing their desires,” she pleaded guilty recording came to disorderly catch of day? doesn’t practice what Rekers, saying it has said. “No, they’re homopho- to light of him he preaches. no contact with him. bic because they hate gays.” conduct. soliciting a gay George Alan “While we are ex- Besen countered that the prostitute. BY LUCY COHEN BLATTER Rekers, known as a tremely disappointed incident clears up another [email protected] staunch anti-gay ac- when any Christian misconception. tivist who champions Rekers leader engages in the “Every time these hypo- If you think buying seafood in the city is “curing” homosexuals, very activities that crites are exposed, it does expensive now, there’s a good chance it’ll get solicited a 20-year-old male they ‘preach’ against, it is show that [being gay is] not worse during the next few weeks. hooker online from the web- not surprising. The Scrip- a choice,” he said. Chefs and fish distributors in Gotham site rentboy.com, according tures clearly teach the fallen Julia Borovskaya contributed to this story. predict that the cost of shrimp, crabs and to a published report. The nature of all people,” Council oysters will be most impacted by the two- Baptist minister then report- President Tony Perkins said week-old oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. edly took his escort for a 10- in a statement. “We are planning on getting a lot of crabs day romp through Europe New Yorkers yesterday coming up from there soon and we may have last month. said Rekers was in denial. to rethink that,” said Laurence Edelman, Rekers, 61, a co-founder “What is possible is that executive chef at Mermaid Oyster Bar. of Christian lobbying group he’s being such a prominent At Fairway supermarkets there is specula- Family Research Council, activist to prove to everyone tion that shrimp prices may spike more than said he only hired the man — probably including himself 25 percent. “We’ve been told the to help carry his bags. But price of shrimp will go up $2 he visited rentboy.com, an a pound,” said Tony Maltese, escort website filled with seafood director at Fairway. images of scantily clad men Ted Haggard: An evangelical While most of the shrimp for hire, the Miami New preacher who talked of eaten in the United States the “moral woes” of Times said. In a statement, come from abroad, the Gulf homosexuality, Rekers called the report Haggard, 53, Coast provides 75 percent of “slanderous.” admitted the U.S. supply, said Gavin Gib- The allegation drew par- to paying bons, of the National Fisheries Institute. allels to former Florida Rep. for a male Similarly, it is home to nearly 70 percent of Mark Foley, evangelical pas- prostitute. the U.S. oyster production. Gibbons said that mollusks are most vul- nerable to oil spills because they can’t swim away. “For oysters, it’s going to be a disaster,” • Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley: He Maltese said. railed against child porn and chaired the Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. He resigned after texts he exchanged with a 17-year-old male page were published. All-night art at the Whitney Have you ever had the hankering to check • Former Florida Rep. Bob out some art at 4 a.m.? Here’s your chance. Allen: He was against gay From May 26 at 12 a.m. until May 28 at couples adopting children. Allen, 52, was convicted 11:59 p.m., the Whitney Museum of American of offering to perform oral Art will be open 24 hours a day for Michael sex on a male undercover Asher’s Biennial project. The artist wanted cop for $20 in 2007. the Whitney to stay open for a full week, but budgetary concerns prevented that. (AMNY) (PHOTOS: AP, GETTY) 04 amNewYork THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010 NEWS NY.com Briefs ‘Terrorist’ began as tourist? Jury convicts barber of killing his successor Barber Eddy Espinal was con- Shahzad had fun in DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE victed yesterday of murdering ● Julio Ernesto Filpo, 25, who The U.S. has so far been unable to Times Square years verify statements by the Times Square took over his failed business, before bomb attempt bombing suspect that he trained at a and wounding three others in Pakistani terror camp.