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With New York City's office-building market booming year after year, the janitors, doormen and elevator operators who keep those buildings running want their share. The union representing 26,000 workers at 1,000 New York City office buildings says these workers may strike on New Year?s Day if the sizable wage increases they want in a new contract are denied. Negotiations between the two sides have grown more tense, with the union saying that building owners can easily afford to pay significant raises because rents are soaring, while industry officials say it would be foolhardy to grant large raises when the country?s economy seems so shaky.