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June 15, 2011
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Source: Crain'sReduction of 20% pledged for construction of over 500 affordable-housing units at planned block-long project on Eleventh Avenue; similar deal eyed for Brooklyn's Atlantic
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Source: Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A third set of new M-8 rail cars began service today on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line between Connecticut and New York City, offering commuters hope that smoother, quieter rides will be the rule rather than the exception.
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Source: Journal NewsThe state Senate Transportation and Finance committees this morning are confirming Howard Milstein, the New York City developer, to head the state Thruway Authority as its unpaid chairman and board member.
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Source: APUnion workers at Macy's flagship Manhattan store and other locations say they will strike if a deal is not reached by midnight Thursday.
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Source: RTT NewsSwedish automaker Volvo AB (VOLVY.PK: News ) Wednesday said its Volvo Bus Corp. unit has secured an order worth $231 million for articulated buses for New York City. The order, through Volvo's subsidiary Nova Bus, applies to 328 Nova LFS articulated buses for MTA New York City Transit. These new buses will be delivered from August 2011 to April 2013.
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Source: TransitWireThe MTA unveiled its MetroCard eFIX webpage, where customers can file a claim online. “The introduction of eFIX is yet another example of how the MTA is working to make things more convenient for our customers,” said NYC Transit president Thomas F. Prendergast in a statement.
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Source: Times Herald-RecordThis last week of the legislative session finds no shortage of bills to repeal or revise the payroll tax for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but no indication that any of them are going to pass.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSwarms of union workers gathered outside City Hall today with one simple message for Mayor Bloomberg: Save our jobs.
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Source: Gotham GazetteTalks are continuing over whether the city labor unions would give the city money from a rainy day healthcare fund to go avert layoffs of 4,100 teachers and other city workers, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said today. Any money might also go to save some fire companies and seniors centers now slated to be shut.
June 14, 2011
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Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
Members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA (TNG-CWA) ratified a new contract with The Associated Press, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,400 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
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Source: NY Times
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Source: Transportation Nation“But it is, sometimes it is rather spooky when you see how many tens of thousands of daily commuters that are dependent on the continuing reliability of systems that are approaching 50, 60, 70 years-old in some of these cities."
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Source: Transportation Nation(New York, NY – WNYC) Federal legislators and regulators talked tough today at a Congressional hearing on strengthening bus safety. Anne S. Ferro, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, took the occasion to make a pitch for greater power to crack down on the fast-expanding long distance bus industry.
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Source: StreetsblogDOT's plan for 181st Street includes a part-time bus lane and pedestrian safety features, but it's less ambitious than other options the agency presented last year.
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Source:The American Public Transit Association is making a big push for more funding for transit as rising gas prices make taking transit a whole lot more economically attractive.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
Water Main Break In Manhattan: MyFoxNY.com
Water gushed several feet into the air from a water main break in Chelsea Tuesday morning. Video of the break in front of 39 West 14th Street showed a substantial amount of water quickly flooding the street. Crews were expected on the scene. It's not clear what caused the break in the pipe.
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Source: DNAinfo.comA graffiti knitter's work around several subway turn-styles put a smile on the face of many straphangers this weekend.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
Major Delays On NJ Transit Trains: MyFoxNY.com
A woman was struck by a train and killed in Short Hills, New Jersey, Tuesday morning, according to NJ Transit officials. It's not clear why the person was hit. A police investigation is underway.
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Source: Rochester Democrat and ChronicleMark Aesch, the outgoing head of the Rochester region's public bus system, stood at a rostrum last week with the county executive and extolled the virtues of running "a public-sector service with a private-sector mindset."
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Source: NY PostCity municipal unions are looking to tap $440 million sitting unused in a health-benefits fund to avert nearly 5,600 layoffs threatened by Mayor Bloomberg, officials said yesterday.
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