

Obviously there's been a million other changes, but since this one relates to something visible, we thought it was worth giving the full context for it. The job change affects a few things about where she is emotionally at the start of the game, but aside from that she's the same character: the one you don't know or love because we never actually showed any story stuff before now. So in the latest draft of the story, she's a PI who's never worked for the police, and she has a new backstory about how she got into that line of work. If they did relate to real world issues, it became an unpleasantly real reminder of traumatic stuff that felt out of place with the lighter elements of the game.


The cop version of her story had other problems: if her issues with her department had no bearing on real world ones, it felt evasive and uncritical. There's never been a version of the game where your team are working for any kind of enforcement organisation, but the name and look of that character were making it hard to get that across. Jen's the one we previously referred to as 'Witch Cop', though she was an ex-cop from the moment the game began. The proposed deal would allow most teachers to reach $100,000 in salary within eight years of getting hired, according to union officials.Is Jen not a cop anymore?That's right, she's a private investigator now. New York's contract expands voluntary virtual learning, which will offer flexible class scheduling including weekends and evenings and will eventually be available to all high school students and some middle school students.ĭavid Banks, the education chancellor, told reporters that while remote learning is not a substitute for in-class lessons, it can help students at risk of dropping out to complete their course work. The union reached a new deal with the city in April. In Los Angeles, teachers joined a three-day strike in March by the union that represents school support staff, effectively shuttering the second-largest U.S. While the previous contract expired in the fall, the negotiations were smooth compared with talks in some other major cities.

"I'm probably one of the few modern-day mayors that was a member of a union," Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, said at a press conference on Tuesday announcing the agreement. The contract, covering some 120,000 teachers and other school workers, also calls for a $3,000 ratification bonus for each member and establishes an annual cash payment – set to reach $1,000 by 2026 – to help in recruitment and retention. June 13 (Reuters) - New York City has struck a tentative $6.4 billion five-year contract deal with the teachers union that includes more than 15% in pay hikes over five years and expands remote learning programs that began during the coronavirus pandemic.
