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NEW YORK (AP) - They're known as "New York's Finest," but their starting pay isn't.
Newly hired sanitation workers, Central Park gardeners and plumbing inspectors make more than the $25,100 annual salary earned by rookie officers at the nation's largest police department. The compensation is so low that it has hurt recruitment and become the latest symbol of a bitter labor battle.
The New York Police Department's entry-level pay is "bizarre," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly conceded at a recent city council hearing.
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