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March 13, 2012
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Source: Capital Confidential / Albany Times-UnionThis is the latest development in the public employee pension battle comes from the AFL-CIO, which after pulling back their anti-Tier VI ads on Friday, are now set to run them starting Tuesday.
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Source: NY PostALBANY — Gov. Cuomo warned public-employee unions yesterday that “thousands and thousands” of their members could be thrown out of work and taxes could spike if their legislative pals fail to support pension reform.
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Source: Mobilizing the Region / Tri-State Transportation CampaignAlthough advocates support the transit provisions of Governor Cuomo’s budget, Tri-State is calling on Senate Majority Leader Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) to do more.
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Source: NY PostPaula Breitkopf was married to Nassau County Officer Geoffrey Breitkopf, who was shot and killed after a retired NYPD officer who responded to the scene saw him holding an assault rifle and mistook him for a suspect.
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Source: NY Daily NewsJefrick Dean, 51, who drives the B25 local between East New York and downtown Brooklyn, has been selected as a recipient of a Sloan Public Service Award, an annual honor given to a handful of extraordinary public employees, sources said.
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Source: Hartford CourantTransit advocates who say that income from new fare increases should be spent only on improving service should remember that bus and rail operations are subsidized, the state's top transportation official said Monday.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceMTA/New York City Transit and the New York City Department of Transportation will hold an open house to give an update on its S79 Select Bus Service project. Residents will have a chance to hear about the project, its operation, and its proposed bus stop locations.
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Source: CBS New YorkNew Jersey TRANSIT had a bad week last week, with extensive delays taking place on both Monday and Tuesday.
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Source: Brooklyn PaperResidents on Main Street in DUMBO are demanding that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority re-route a bus that they claim causes traffic jams and road rage on their already cramped street — saying it’s only a matter of time before someone gets run over by the B25.
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Source: Albany WatchGov. Andrew Cuomo made clear that he won’t approve a state budget that doesn’t include pension reform, saying he would force lawmakers to either approve his plans in a budget extender or risk a government shutdown.
March 12, 2012
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Source: WNBC 4
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Attention, MetroCard swipers: the cost of a ride will definitely go up in 2013, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota told NBC New York in an exclusive interview Friday.
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Source: Transportation NationWhen the NY MTA began a massive construction project in Brooklyn, disrupting service for riders in Park Slope and Windsor Terrace, it sweetened the pot by extending G train service deeper into Brooklyn, connecting those neighborhoods to Fort Greene and Williamsburg.
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Source: am New YorkGunfire struck a Bronx bus filled with dozens of passengers early Sunday morning, though no one was injured.
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Source: WABC 7Service on the A, C and E lines will be interrupted for track work Monday through Friday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
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Source: NY Daily NewsWorkers who use subway could claim $240 per month as tax-exempt income under pol's measure
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Source: NY1A coordinated effort is underway between lawmakers in Albany and Trenton, N.J. to impose greater accountability on the Port Authority, in response to toll hikes last summer and a recent audit of the agency. NY1's Zack Fink filed the following report.
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Source: NY PostIt’s no secret that commuters are likely to face steep MTA fare and toll hikes in 2013 . . . and again in 2015 — but New Yorkers might also want to know how all that money is going to be spent.
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Source: Marketplace from American Public Media
Big fixes for traffic congestion can take three or more years. John Horsley at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials says contractors want to know they’re going to be paid.
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Source: NY TimesIn another indication that more people are getting back to work, Americans took 200 million more rides last year on subways, commuter trains, light-rail systems and public buses than they did the year before, according to a new report by a leading transit association.
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Source: Wall Street JournalEquipment failures along the aging rail lines that carry NJ Transit trains are causing longer delays affecting a growing number of commuters, a Wall Street Journal analysis of public records shows.
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