"Every other agency signed the agreement and has not had a problem with it."

Other agencies like the Board of Education could also sign on, a city official involved in the talks said.

The union wants the seven other agencies to sign similar contracts.

Last fall, the agency signed a joint resolution denouncing the practice, along with seven other states in the Northeast, most of which have bans.

The agency signed agreements with other agencies to provide other services.

On June 2, the agency signed an agreement that set guidelines for the proposed sale.

In July, the agency signed an agreement with Progressive to study the effects of the policies, because they provide an incentive to drive less.

He said the agency signed a consent order, promising to end discriminatory practices, in September 1989.

In some states, the agency has signed agreements with corrections departments to let prison staff members screen immigrant inmates.

Therefore, he said, his agency will not sign the agreement by Nov. 30 as it earlier agreed.