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June 24, 2011
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Source: NY PostThick, granular dust and a putrid odor have people who live along the Second Avenue Subway construction route walking around covering their faces with hankies.
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Source: NY PostA tech-company owner accused of scamming more than $460 million in the CityTime rip-off marketed herself online last month -- while on the lam, The Post has learned.
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Source: Wall Street JournalNew Jersey's public workers will have to pay more for health benefits and receive smaller pensions under a state bill that received final approval, with the support of nearly a third of Democrats.
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Source: NY1After a Bronx bus driver was assaulted earlier this week, the president of the Transport Workers Union is speaking out against the judge who allowed the alleged attacker to be released on bail.
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Source: NY1The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is on track and on budget with the $1.1 billion expansion of the 7 subway line to the far West Side.
June 23, 2011
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Source: NY1After she was violently assaulted Tuesday night, bus driver Marlene Bien-Aime spoke to reporters Wednesday as TWU Local 100 Secretary Treasurer Earl Phillips called for the MTA to work faster on developing protective measures for drivers. NY1's Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Public Employees Federation says it's ready to negotiate---but is still waiting to hear from the Cuomo administration.
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Source: StreetsblogSix Manhattan lines — the M5, M31, M42, M72, M98 and M104 — will see peak-hour reductions in service starting this September. According to their reports, wait times will increase by 1-2 minutes, and the cuts, driven supposedly by demand and not economics, are going to save the MTA $900,000 a year.
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Source: NY1Thanks to the Metropolitan Transit Authority, it's about to be easier than ever for New Yorkers to get their hands on an E-ZPass.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThree people were hurt Wednesday afternoon when a taxi set off a chain-reaction collision on First Avenue, authorities and witnesses said. The accident unfolded just after noon at 53rd Street, after a taxi rear-ended a car, according to officials. The car then rear-ended a city bus, which was in the second lane of traffic because a truck was blocking the bus stop, according to MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSen. Martin Golden said he's still unsure if a bill to allow livery drivers mainly in the outer boroughs to legally pick up street hails will be taken up by the Senate before the end of the session this week. Golden said there are a number of issues that first must be resolved on a ...
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Source:The transit lockbox bill passed the State Senate, where it was sponsored by Brooklyn Republican Marty Golden, and according to the Senate’s twitter feed, the vote was unanimous. The legislation, which would bar the governor from raiding transit funds while raising the political cost of legislative raids through a series of disclosure requirements, now moves to the Assembly.
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Source: Washington PostThe American Federation of Government Employees won a protracted labor organizing contest Thursday when it beat the National Treasury Employees Union to represent Transportation Security Officers.
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Source: WAMU (Washington DC)Metrobus drivers didn't walk out today, as they had threatened to do yesterday, but some are saying they are still concerned that management is not paying attention to their concerns about driver safety.
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Source: NY TimesIf the Senate passes a bill aimed at increasing taxi service outside Manhattan, Governor Cuomo could be in an awkward position.
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Source: Brooklyn PaperA drill accident at the eastern end of the biggest construction project in Brooklyn’s history sent egg-sized chunks of packed dirt and small stones raining down on unsuspecting pedestrians and commuters at the corner of Vanderbilt and Atlantic avenues on June 21 — leaving two injuries and more than seven damaged cars.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesThe remarkably imprecise estimates of cost savings from health care proposals in New Jersey, and the last-minute maneuvering, are nearly as baffling as the politics.
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Source: NY ObserverIn a meeting at Cooper Union last night, Village Voice employees unanimously voted to give their union negotiating committee the right to call for a strike vote during contract negotiations, which reconvene today after a break. Their contract expires at the end of the month.
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Source: NY PostA little girl miraculously suffered only minor injuries when she slipped off a Brooklyn subway platform yesterday and landed between two train cars.
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