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March 8, 2011
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Source: Albany Watch - Journal-NewsPublic Employees Federation President Kenneth Brynien said Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration should started negotiating with his union by now in order to achieve the desired $550 million in concessions the governor is seeking. “We should have started sooner, but it’s never too late if you want to start a cooperative relationship,” Brynien said today.
March 7, 2011
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Source: Journal-News"Addressing the vital infrastructure needs of this state will cost money - and lots of it."
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Source: City Room / NY TimesTwo vessels the investment bank ordered will begin commutes between Jersey City and Lower Manhattan later this month.
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Source: Second Avenue SagasAs the dust is still settling over the Department of Transportation’s plan to scale back elements of the 34th St. Transitway, news and views are flying fast and furious. Ahead of this weekend’s Transportation Camp, let’s round ‘em up.
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Source: NY Daily NewsLongtime former Assemblyman and repeat attorney general contender Richard Brodsky has joined The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU as a Senior Fellow. Brodsky, according to NYU, "will work on developing courses and symposia on a variety of public issues, including ...
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Source: NY PostThe communications failures that led to the deaths of hundreds of first responders on 9/11 still haven't been fixed, despite tens of millions of dollars spent on elaborate radio systems in lower Manhattan, The Post has learned.
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Source: TheTransitWire.comTransportation professionals, government officials, app developers, and open data fans gathered in New York City for Transportation Camp East.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA century ago this month, the bodies of the immigrant workers who perished in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire filled a makeshift New York City morgue.
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Source: NY Daily NewsFresh a record mob takedown, the feds have targeted one of the city's most important construction unions for some Mafia housecleaning, sources said.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAn off-duty bus dispatcher and the driver of a church van boxed in an out-of-control driver in a daring maneuver on the Grand Central Parkway on Sunday night.
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Source: NY PostIf you see something, you'd better say something -- because the MTA's anti-terror technology will probably miss it.
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Source: NY PostTop labor leaders privately predict that Gov. Cuomo, who has threatened to fire 10,000 state workers, will have an easier time than expected next month winning concessions from public-employee unions -- and he has Mayor Bloomberg to thank for it.
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Source: Radio LibertyTehran's municipal bus service union is urging authorities to arrange medical treatment outside prison for its jailed leader, Mansour Osanlou, RFE/RL'S Radio Farda reports.
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Source: DNAinfo.com
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Source: NY TimesThe hollow promise of good jobs for highly educated workers.
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Source: NY TimesWhen Wisconsin’s governor, Scott Walker, began his crusade against collective bargaining by public employees, his state’s unions seemed woefully outmatched. But Wisconsin’s beleaguered labor movement woke up and mobilized, through e-mail blasts, phone trees and Facebook, getting tens of thousands of supporters to rally in Madison against the legislation and surprising itself that it could muster such a show of force so quickly.
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Source: Transportation NationThe perennially strapped New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is exploring new ways to boost annual ad revenue, including selling wall space in the tunnels between subway stations. Spokesman Aaron Donovan said the authority has already solicited bids from companies to manage the new account.
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Source: WABC 7New MTA Long Island Rail Road timetables go into effect Monday and continue through May 16.
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Source:Under a blue and cloudless sky, Scott Beauchamp, a big man with close-cropped hair and a tattoo on his right forearm, eased himself with some difficulty into a chair.
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Source: CBS 880Metro North is starting to roll out its new rail cars and these new cars have made many technological leaps.
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