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March 31, 2011
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Source: amNYSay what?!? That's what riders on the B train may be saying, according to the Straphangers Campaign, since the line was rated the worst performing in an annual survey on subway announcements.
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Source: 1010 WINSThe results of a 2010 survey released by the Straphangers Campaign found basic announcements on subway cars were clear and not garbled 83 percent of the time.
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Source: NY PostThe trains won't be the only things moving in the subway -- the advertisements will, too.
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Source: NY PostYou can hear these subway announcements from the grave.
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Source: WNYC
New York has a new state budget. The $132.5 billion budget contains a 2 percent spending cut and eliminates $10 billion, with historic cuts to schools, public colleges, social service programs and health care.
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Source: NY TimesBoth houses approved a far-reaching bill that would hobble public-employee unions.
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Source: NY1NY1 Online: Dan Biederman On "Inside City Hall" 3/30/11 | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
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Source: Albany Times UnionThe budget provides operating support to transit systems totaling $4.2 billion. The MTA will receive $3.8 billion and other transit systems will receive $401 million. Cash support for both MTA and non-MTA programs will increase year-to-year.
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Source: NY TimesResearchers at the city’s Health Department “are actively studying” the relationship between cancer and the disaster, a spokeswoman said.
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Source: Crain'sA bit of unwelcome news came Wednesday for the 170,000 people who traverse the Verrazano Bridge each day. It was deemed the state's busiest--and most dangerous.
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Source: DNAinfo.comSome Community Board 5 members want an all-out ban on new bus stops in Midtown following years of worsening sidewalk congestion. The board's Transportation Committee was asked to weigh in Monday on a new bus stop for the low-cost Tripper Bus Company, whose old spot is being devoured by upcoming construction at Madison Square Garden. The company came before the committee for approval on a new pick-up point on the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 30th Street to ferry passengers to Bethesda, M.D., and Arlington, V.A.
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Source: NY TimesJudy Taylor, the artist who painted the mural removed from Maine's Department of Labor, said she was sad to learn that the governor's decision to move the mural might have started with an anonymous letter comparing the mural to North Korean brainwashing.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
Feds Suspend Bus Company in Deadly N.J. Turnpike Crash: MyFoxNY.com
A Pennsylvania bus company involved in a crash that killed the driver and a passenger in New Jersey has been taken off the road by federal transportation officials. , MyFoxNY.com
March 30, 2011
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Source: Albany Watch / The Journal NewsHundreds of New Yorkers, unhappy with the budget agreement presented to the Legislature will protest at the Capitol on Wednesday. The groups, representing a broad coalition, will being camping-in all night at the Capitol to bear witness to the votes on this painful budget that includes huge cuts for children, families, seniors, schools and communities combined with a $4.6 billion tax cut for the wealthiest three percent of New Yorkers. The budget also fails to proactively renew and strengthen the rent laws, a sign that the State Legislature is more concerned with pandering to real estate interests than protecting the millions of New Yorkers who depend on these laws to stay in their homes.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe cash-strapped MTA may soon put welfare recipients to work scrubbing and cleaning the subways.
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Source: NY TimesA conservative research group in Michigan has issued a far-reaching public records request to the labor studies departments at three public universities in the state, seeking any e-mails involving the Wisconsin labor turmoil.
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Source: NY TimesA politically savvy deputy mayor is leading an unusual effort to convince New Yorkers that the lanes are a good thing.
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Source: NY PostALBANY -- Legislative leaders began passing budget bills last night in a frantic push to secure a rare early passage of Gov. Cuomo's $132.5 billion spending plan -- with only a day to spare before Friday's deadline. Lawmakers launched their goal-line drive after urging from the governor...
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Source: NY PostMill Basin and Marine Park are a no-fly zone.A pie-in-the-sky pitch to bring commuter flights back to Floyd Bennett Field is being attacked by leaders as a horrible use for the historic airstrip turned national park.
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Source: Albany Watch / The Journal NewsAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said the budget will be approved “as soon as we can” and a spending plan may be in place by Wednesday evening.
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