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March 1, 2011

February 28, 2011

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    The MTA is paying hired-gun lawyers more than $540 an hour to deny token booth clerks earning $18 an hour a modest raise.
  • Source: NY Times
    Republican lawmakers have won concessions by fighting what labor sees as a basic right.

    Also from Steven Greenhouse: "End of Bargaining in Indiana Informs Wisconsin’s Push"

  • Source: Gotham Gazette
    A new ferry service slated to launch this spring will mark the latest in a long line of attempts to get New Yorkers to commute on the water, rather than under or over it.
  • Source: amNY
    The long and winding road to City Hall in 2013 could get crowded.
  • Source: Metro
    Talk about un-fare!The MTA is busy turning the M15 Select Bus Service into a cash cow: A whopping 14,125 riders were issued fare-evasion tickets since the MTA launched the M15 SBS in October.
  • Source: Mobilizing the Region - Tri-State Transportation Campaign
    Early last week, the House of Representatives approved a spending bill that will cut more than $60 billion from the federal budget for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. The open amendment process, sanctioned by House majority leaders, allowed lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to offer both spending and cutting amendments to the budget.
  • Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal News
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    The Public Accountability Initiative, a group made up of liberal organizations, released a critical report today on the Committee to Save New York, the business-backed group that has been aiding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s message of fiscal austerity in New York.

  • Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal News
    “Throwing money at the problem is not the answer.” He said school districts should be able to absorb the reductions by using unspent reserves and federal funds, freezing wages, requiring employees to contribute more toward health insurance, and cutting top administrators’ salaries, particularly those of superintendents.

  • Source: NY Post
    A drunken Brooklyn man fell onto elevated subway tracks before miraculously dodging a J train yesterday -- and he doesn't remember a second of it.
  • Source: NY Post
    "Is Janette Sadik-Khan, the psycho bike lady who helms the city's Department of Transportation, nuts? Or maybe Khan, the hater of the internal-combustion engine, is just an incompetent..."
  • Source: Wisconsin State AFL-ACIO
    In a huge victory for Wisconsinites, those fighting to save the middle class will remain inside the Capitol tonight. At 4 p.m. the governor and Republican senators wanted the building cleared of all citizens in order to resume normal operating hours.
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    A list estimates the number of teachers that will be lost if the state does not allocate money and alter seniority rules.
  • Source: NY Post
    Vandals and swipe-selling scammers are increasingly wreaking havoc with subway MetroCard machines, and the criminals -- some of whom are gang members -- have become more menacing, according to MTA statistics and transit workers.