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Leaders of the city’s public sector unions on Tuesday voted to approve a new cost-saving health plan for active city workers and some retirees managed by EmblemHealth and UnitedHealthcare, even as some member unions protested that they did not have key details of the plan before the vote.

The Municipal Labor Committee, a consortium of 102 unions representing city employees, approved the plan with 88% of the weighted vote. The vote opens the door for the plan to go through a contract process with the Mayor’s office before it goes into effect, with an expe

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