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June 20, 2011
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Source: DNAinfo.comDOT said the new select bus service has increased rider traffic along the M15 line by 30 percent.
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Source: NY PostFor mass-transit riders, the good news is that the state Senate spent time talking about the MTA this week. The bad news? The most substantive conclusion was on new MTA board member Fernando Ferrer
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Source: NY Daily NewsDiscount buses' safety ratings should be easy to understand - and right out there for customers to see at ticket booths and in bus windows, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
June 16, 2011
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Source: NY TimesAfter numerous failed attempts to unionize Wal-Mart stores, the nation’s main union for retail workers has decided to try a different approach: it has helped create a new, nonunion group of Wal-Mart employees that intends to press for better pay, benefits and most of all, more respect at work.
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Source: Capital TonightShortly before entering the marathon same-sex marriage conference with his fellow Republicans, Sen. Lee Zeldin announced the Senate will take up – and likely pass – a bill to repeal the controversial MTA payroll tax that was part of the bailout package for the perennially cash-strapped authority that was passed by the Legislature in 2009.
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Source: StreetsblogThe Senate proposal would eliminate the tax entirely in suburban areas while reducing it in New York City. Though the bill is expected to go exactly nowhere in the Democratic Assembly, it’s a sign of the intense opposition to the payroll tax among Republicans and in the suburbs, as well as the collective delusion about the state of the MTA’s finances.
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Source: NY TimesThe Rockaways in Queens have become a beach hangout for young, artsy New Yorkers.
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Source: NY TimesFirst came the pay freezes and unpaid furloughs. Then came the higher contributions for health insurance. Now, in the most definitive sign yet that the era of generous compensation for public-sector employees is ending, workers in more than half the states face the prospect of paying more of their salary toward their pensions.
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Source: NY1Former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer was unanimously confirmed as an MTA board member by the State Senate Wednesday.
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Source: City RoomThe agency plans to build on a plot of land know for its 9/11 memorial, Tiles for America. And then there are the aesthetic complaints too.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe deal to save thousands of teachers and other city workers is dead.
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Source:A GROUP of eastern Queens community leaders are hoping a little creative rerouting can restore some bus service along a defunct MTA route.
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Source: NY1Police reinforcements were dispatched Wednesday afternoon to handle disruptions caused by thousands of union workers marching to City Hall in opposition to the city's proposed budget cuts.
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Source: CBS New YorkMacy's and the union representing workers at its flagship Manhattan store and three other New York locations have reached a tentative contract agreement following all-night negotiations.
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Source: SF ChronicleSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief Nathaniel Ford will depart his job June 30, leaving behind a mixed legacy and tremendous challenges for his replacement.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA BUNGLING bus driver with a disciplinary record a mile long used his express bus as a private lounge to meet a lady friend while on duty, an investigation has found.
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Source: GothamistWe conducted our own commuter race this morning and sent three staffers on a race from Bedford and North 12th in Williamsburg to 23rd and Madison next to Madison Square Park. Leaving at 8:55 a.m., one rode a bike, another took the subway, and the third hopped on the ferry. The winner? The subway by two measly minutes. The loser? The East River Ferry. Here are the individual commuters' accounts along with their arrival times.
June 15, 2011
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe Landmarks Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to reject the MTA's revised design for a new subway ventilation plant in Greenwich Village. The LPC unanimously voted against the plan by the MTA to build a three story building at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Seventh Avenue South, they said in a statement.
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Source: CurbedFINANCIAL DISTRICT—The Fulton Street Transit Center is now progressing so rapidly the MTA is willing to show off the construction site.
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