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March 15, 2012
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Source: The Washington PostThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a two-year blueprint for transportation that gives states greater spending flexibility, allows the federal government to set minimum safety standards for subway systems and buys time to find a solution for a funding system teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Source: NY1The city honored some of its finest public servants, including a beloved Brooklyn bus operator, on Wednesday.
March 14, 2012
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Source: NY Daily NewsOur Glenn Blain (look for him, and for me, at #NYSGOPCON in Rochester!) had a big piece here on Daily Politics Monday about the MTA getting the sharp end of the stick in the state Senate Republican conference's spending proposal. Here's a letter from MTA boss Joe Lhota, who, unshockingly, isn't thrilled with that:Lhota letter to Skelos_3=13-12
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Source: NY Daily NewsA city bus driver who moonlights as a minister has pulled off a miracle — by prompting bosses to put a dingy Brooklyn depot on the fast track for a major face-lift, his co-workers say.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesJefrick R. Dean Sr. has worked for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for 22 years. More than two decades of lurching on a city bus, dealing with the occasional unruly commuter, and delivering repeated tutorials in MetroCard swiping and general bus etiquette might drive lesser New Yorkers to distraction. But Mr. Dean, who will be 52 in July, has no plans to retire, which is good news to his passengers on the round-trip run from East New York to downtown Brooklyn.
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Source: NY PostThe woman fell shortly before 2 p.m. at the busy Lindenhurst station, served by LIRR’s Babylon line.
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Source: DNAinfo.comBROOKLYN — A crane pulled by a tugboat in the East River struck scaffolding beneath the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday, ripping a massive gash in the protective covering beneath the landmark span and stopping traffic, authorities said.
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Source: CBS New YorkTino Gagliardi, president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 says people are paying a lot of money to see the shows.
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Source: DNAinfo.comTwo cars collided on the tracks at 5602 Maspeth Ave., near Rust Street, about 7:40 a.m., stopping trains on the LIRR’s Montauk Line in both directions, the FDNY said.
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Source: CBS New YorkA transportation bill in Washington D.C. could slash funding for mass transit in the Tri-state area and could end up costing commuters more to get to work.
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Source: Capital New YorkApparently Governor Andrew Cuomo has grown tired of the criticism directed at him by mass-transit advocates incensed over the exclusion of a mass-transit component from the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.
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Source: NY Daily NewsWhile Cuomo inches toward an agreement with legislative leaders, leaving out the two uniformed agencies from pension reform would be a major blow to Mayor Bloomberg.
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Source: NY1If you ride the subways every day you probably think you've seen just about everything, but a city psychiatrist shows that art can be made in the subway. NY1's Transit reporter Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAs push comes to shove in Albany on taming the government pension beast, Gov. Cuomo must hold fast on three points:
- No pension reform, no budget.
- No substantial savings on traditional retirement benefits, no pension reform.
- And no 401(k) option, no pension reform.
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Source: NY TimesThe payroll tax cut is having the expected labor market effects, but those effects will reverse themselves when the cuts inevitably expire.
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Source: NY TimesAs the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s winter meeting opened here on Tuesday, its political director mapped out organized labor’s plans for the 2012 campaign and how unions will respond to what he says will be $500 million in “super PAC” ads backing Republicans.
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Source: DNAInfo.comThe city is ordering contractors to lighten the weight carried by cranes across the five boroughs in the wake of a frightening accident at the World Trade Center last month, a contractor said.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project: MyFoxNY.com
New York state officials have begun early work related to the construction of a bridge to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge, which spans the Hudson River between Rockland and Westchester counties.
March 13, 2012
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Source: Daily PoliticsSenate 2012-2013 Budget Resolution
Not only did Senate Republicans cut $770 million in capital financing for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, they also rejected the agency’s bid for a $7 billion increase in its bonding cap -- which according to Democratic Sen. Martin Dilan (D-Brooklyn) would jeopardize the MTA’s ability to qualify for more than $2 billion in federal financing.
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Source: NY PostIn a speech this morning before business executives on Long Island, Bloomberg said his coalition of mayors and county executives pushing the pension reform package proposed by Gov. Cuomo is buying TV ads statewide -- including in New York City -- "urging New Yorkers to make their voices heard."
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