Media Links - July 1, 2010
These links are provided for the information of Local 100 members. Local 100 does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in them.
Local 100 and members
- State Senate Derails MTA’s Plans To Save - Transit Blogger
- State Senate Passes Bill to Stop MTA Layoffs, Citing Safety Risk: The bill says that leaving stations unattended "encourages our enemies to exploit a perceived 'weak link.'" - DNAinfo blog
- A costly and unnecessary no-layoffs bill moves forward - 2nd Ave. Sagas
MTA cutbacks and budget
- Strapped MTA's sad real estate of affairs [MTA blows millions on real estate management] - NY Post
- MTA won't raise fares early but will hike Metrocard, commuter train tickets in January 2011 - Daily News
- Audio of 24-minute Jay Walder interview with John Gambling - WOR-AM
- Letters to the editor - Daily News
- The fare remains the same, at least for 2010 - 2nd Ave. Sagas
Extension of the 7 line
- New Hope for Tenth Avenue Station on the No. 7 Subway Extension - Wall Street Journal
- Stand by for a No. 7 stop at 41st and 10th Ave.: City figures out how to accommodate a second stop on MTA's extension of the No.7 line from Times Square to the far West Side. The catch? There are no plans to build it - Crain's NY Business
- City Says 7-Line Station Could Still Happen … Later … On Someone Else’s Dime … Maybe - NY Observer blog
- MTA Statement On 10th Av Station For 7 Line Ext. - Transit Blogger
- To save a 7 station, an obvious redesign at 41st and 10th - 2nd Ave. Sagas
Other MTA
- NYC Transit changes Access-A-Ride rules, making transportation tougher for disabled riders - Daily News
- Op-Ed: Business community continues to fight MTA tax - Middletown Times Herald-Record
- M.T.A. Contractor [and Two Union Officials] Plead Guilty to Underpaying Workers - NY Times website
- Bizman $tiffed workers
- Construction company officials admit shortchanging workers - EmpireStateNews.net
- MTA lays off Grand Central Terminal's currency exchangers, puts company on brink of survival - Daily News
Safety and health
- Senate committee holds hearing on 9/11 health care bill [excerpt] - Newsday
- Testimony in support of the 9/11 health and compensation bill
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- Cash-strapped RIPTA proposes cutbacks in bus service - Providence Journal
- Beep Beep! The top ten worst cities for commuting - Reuters
NY public-sector workers
Private-sector workers outside metro NY
Labor union policy and practice
Metro NY politics and economics
- State Budget Remains in Limbo - Gotham Gazette
- New Deputy Mayor's Privatization Push Still Has Critics: Mayor Bloomberg selected Stephen Goldsmith for his experience "reinventing government." But the former Indianapolis mayor's record is complex - City Limits
- David Paterson, After Letting St. Vincent's Die, Rescues a Harlem Hospital From His Old District - Village Voice blog
- David Paterson Rested Up for His Veto Fest by Dawdling at B-Bar For Hours Last Night - Village Voice blog
National politics and economics