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February 23, 2011
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Source: Transportation NationKate Hinds, Transportation Nation: Shrinking funding sources, agencies working at cross purposes, poor decision-making: this could characterize a number of disciplines. But a new Brookings Institution report says that it’s endemic in many state transportation systems.
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Source: DNAinfo.com"The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: One Hundred Years Later" exhibit will run through May 19.
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Source: Albany Watch / Journal NewsComptroller Thomas DiNapoli said today that the state’s Common Retirement Fund, the pension fund that provides benefits for about 1 million current and retired public workers, was up 6 percent for the third quarter.
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Source: Village VoiceIf you're a Metro-North commuter, the MTA will now text you train schedules and other important information as to the status of your ride. Well, not the MTA, exactly: A technology company named CooCoo is providing the service updates, which are already available for Long Island Rail Road customers. Text your station-to-station request (Rye to Grand Central, for example) to "266266" (which spells CooCoo) and get your response.
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Source: WPIX 11
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Source: WNYC"I think if the Governor of Wisconsin succeeds in stripping public sector workers of their collective bargaining rights, I don't think that that will be emulated in New York, but I think that there are politicians in New York that will look to strip some ability of public sector workers to defend themselves," said John Samuelsen, president of the Transport Workers Union Local 100.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAs many New Yorkers struggle to make ends meet and state and city budget deficits skyrocket, our rookie governor has a new, astonishing trick for his recovery plan - tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
Memo Surfaces About Broken Subway Escalator: MyFoxNY.com
Two escalators at the 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station have been down for so long.
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Source: NY PostBe afraid -- be very afraid -- of what the Department of Transportation is up to on 34th Street. The DOT's detested bicycle lanes merely forced cars to park far from the curb and turned streets into parking lots. But the scheme that Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan hopes will be...
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Source: WNYCThis year in New Jersey the State Assembly and the State Senate have to face the voters in November. And in his budget address, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told Democrats they had a clear choice. Either cut state worker benefits by shifting more of the costs to them or forget property tax relief for New Jersey's beleaguered homeowners.
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Source: Second Ave. SagasAccording to a panel of transit officials who spoke last night, politicians at all levels have no idea how to best appreciate or fund the MTA, and most have little sense of long-term transportation policy planning.
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Source: Associated PressWhen the NFL and the players' union agreed to federal mediation, they knew it was voluntary. In theory, either side could walk away at any time. Instead, they keep coming back to the table.
February 22, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsOne of the biggest mistakes that hampered the MTA during the December blizzard might have been a failure to act - years before the first flakes fell.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesLocked out of the tunnel he discovered and legally led tours in for decades, a Brooklyn man has notified the city that he will sue to regain access.
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Source:The legislative push by Gov. Scott Walker could signal the beginning of a decline in the power of public unions — both at the bargaining table and in politics.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
A small group of union supporters held a picket in front of Woodlawn Cemetery on Monday.
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Source: NY PostTwo dozen workers whose wages were withheld have received a $2.35 million settlement. The city comptroller’s office said Monday that workers were cheated out of wages and benefits for work done at city sites.
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Source: NY PostA partially blind 84-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's miraculously survived a close encounter with a speeding No. 4 train after he wandered onto the tracks -- walker and all -- yesterday.
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Source: DNAinfo.comTransit Wireless is moving forward with plans to put their pilot WiFi and cellular program on Chelsea subway platforms.
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Source: Fox 5 NYThe multimillion-dollar Kawasaki M-8 commuter train car was supposed to be operating on Metro-North Railroad by December 2009 and 344 M-8s were supposed to be phased into service in 2011. But not one is ready for passengers.
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