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July 26, 2011
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Source: The Real DealThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority's deal to bring both the Apple Store and Danny Meyer's Shake Shack to Grand Central Terminal moved one step closer to reality this afternoon when the agency's finance committee gave the plan its official go-ahead.
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Source: DNAinfo.comWi-Fi is reportedly expected to come to subway platforms at four Chelsea stations by the end of the year.
July 25, 2011
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Source:The New York Civil Liberties Union found a cause befitting its esteemed traditions and waged a worthy legal battle on the public's behalf. Atta boy/girl, NYCLU.
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Source: NBC New YorkA bus crashed through the wall of a McDonald's on Hempstead Turnpike Monday morning. Police are investigating.
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Source: WABC New YorkThe developers of the expansion of Penn Station are having trouble filling the space with retailers.
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Source: NBC New YorkPolice have released new video of the man suspected of groping seven women on the Upper East Side.
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Source: Fastlane - Department of TransportationAt DOT, we are constantly working on new technology to help keep motorists and pedestrians safe, grow our economy, and reduce congestion.
And last Monday, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn to launch “Midtown In Motion.” This is a sophisticated new approach to improve traffic and safeguard pedestrians in the 110-square-block heart of Manhattan.
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Source: NY Daily NewsHometown guy Jay Walder's departure from the MTA two years into a six-year contract is the equivalent of a pitcher scratching out in the third-inning. A lovefest erupted for MTA Chairman Jay Walder last week when he announced his resignation.
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Source: NY TimesA gargantuan cutter head that has been hollowing out tunnels for a train station under Grand Central Terminal will be buried, dormant and decayed, in Midtown Manhattan.
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Source: NY1At least one person is dead and 20 injured after a New York City bound tour bus and a tractor trailer collided on the New York State Thruway near Waterloo.
July 22, 2011
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Source: CBS New YorkThe tour bus collided with a tractor-trailer, and both vehicles erupted in flame. The driver of the truck was killed. Some of the injured were airlifted to area hospitals.
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Source: Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka today promised that the national union will go all out to help repeal Senate Bill 5 at the Nov. 8 election.
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Source: NY TimesDespite losing to the Nissan NV200 in New York's competition to designate a new taxi for the city's fleet, the Ford has been granted a license to operate while the NV200 is being prepared for service.
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Source: NY TimesAs Congress and the White House rush to find a debt limit compromise and stave off a looming national default, federal union officials are increasingly alarmed that government workers are going to bear the brunt of any deal that gets made.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now BlogShoppers at a Laurel, Md., Wal-Mart yesterday got some unexpected entertainment while Wal-Mart managers got a serious message in the form of a rousing, revamped version of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” from a flash mob and brass band.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA leadership split in the country's most powerful labor union led to a bitter battle in California last fall over who would represent 43,000 workers in the state's vast Kaiser Permanente hospital system.
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July 21, 2011
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Source: NY PostFare-beaters must face the music in public, a Manhattan federal appeals court ruled yesterday.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe MTA said yesterday it can slash $2 billion from its five-year capital construction and maintenance plan by being more efficient.
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Source: NY TimesAmerican carmakers and the United Automobile Workers union open contract talks next week with a common task of preserving the comeback of an industry that was on the verge of collapse just two years ago.
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