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June 27, 2011
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Source: NY PostMayor Bloomberg lost the battle of the budget in March when Albany wouldn't give him a pass to lay off teachers without regard to seniority.
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Source: NY TimesThe Bloomberg administration has taken a tack that could be called “do it first, answer questions later.” And the key to the strategy is to start small, and to use the word “pilot.”
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Source: Fox 5 NYRep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-D) called on the MTA to put an end to the bad odors and dust plumes near the Second Avenue subway construction site.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe infamous "Moustache" graffiti bandit has been unmasked - and he's clean-shaven. Cops busted Joseph Patrick Waldo, 26, this week for writing the word "moustache" in cursive on the upper lip of people pictured in subway advertisements across the city, police said.
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Source:The trucking company whose driver barreled into an Amtrak train in Nevada killing at least six people last Friday has multiple prior safety citations, authorities said late on Sunday.
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Source: NY PostMotorists who use MTA bridges are victims of highway robbery. Drivers are paying more -- but their money is being spent elsewhere while the agency's bridges are falling apart, an analysis of state data shows.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSubway riders are being forced to wait on platforms that have plastic bags stuffed with foul-smelling dreck because the MTA regularly fails to meet its own garbage collection schedule, the Daily News has learned.
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Source: Crain'sA last-minute deal paves the way for state approval of a plan to allow liveries to pick up street hails outside of Manhattan. It would also boost the number of yellow cabs by 11%.
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Source: NY PostA rookie PATH train operator's inexperience is the likely cause of a crash that injured dozens of passengers and turned part of a Hoboken, NJ, station platform into rubble, The Post has learned.
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Source: NJ.comNew Jersey Democrats have spent years locked arm-in-arm with unions, but the historical alliance frayed last week as the Democrats who control the Legislature pushed through a plan to cut public worker benefits.
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Source: Daily Journal (CT)The $1.6 billion labor concessions deal that public employee unions rejected last week in a major blow to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy protected so many benefits for workers that even critics said it was sure to pass: Workers would keep their pensions and health benefits and receive a guarantee of no layoffs for the next four years.
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Source: Workday MinnesotaWASHINGTON - A National Labor Relations Board proposal to set standards and timetables for union recognition elections drew praise from union leaders and flak from Minnesota Congressman John Kline, the Republican who chairs the House Education and the Workforce Committee.
June 24, 2011
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Source: Transportation NationUPDATE 2. Michael Whyland, press secretary to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, just called to say he expects the lockbox bill will be voted on tonight and that it will have “broad support.” It already has 39 sponsors. […] Whyland’s bottom line: if the introduction of the lockbox bill doesn’t spark a gridlock-inducing debate about the NY MTA payroll tax, it’ll probably pass. Then comes Cuomo.
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Source: StreetsblogThe letter notes that public transportation systems find themselves in a budgetary crisis just as more and more people, driven by $4/gallon gas, are seeking out transportation options.
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Source: NY Daily NewsHours after Gov. Cuomo and CSEA announced a tentative concession-filled five-year labor contract, the Senate and Assembly last night signed off on the deal.
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Source: NY1Amtrak officials say the briefly halted service between New York and Philadelphia today was possibly caused by a voltage problem at an electrical substation in Virginia.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSystem repairs will sock No. 7 train riders hardest this weekend - and more pain will follow.
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Source: Transit BloggerAlmost a year ago, MTA NYC Transit announced that service on the northern end of the would be affected until 2012 due to a $47M multi-station renovation project. The work which is taking place at the Dyckman, 207th, 215th, 225th, 238th and 242nd St stations would call for service disruptions & station closures.
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Source:Travelers have paid millions of pounds in overcharges to London-area transportation providers and public trust in the Oyster card could be undermined, unless changes are made according to new research from London TravelWatch. The watchdog group, set up by Parliament to provide a voice for the traveling public, looked into concerns about “incomplete journeys” on Oyster Pay As You Go cards when passengers did not touch in or out at stations. These incomplete trips amounted to about £60 million in 2010, of which about 40% were overpayments.
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Source: NY TimesThe leader of a group of municipal unions accused city officials of shutting the door on negotiations over a financial rescue package that could avert thousands of teacher layoffs.
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