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December 12, 2011
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Source: VariousCoverage of an incident in which one transit supervisor allegedly stabbed another in a work related argument.
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Source: NY PostAn iPhone-thief shut down two subway lines for an hour when he led cops on a wild chase down the tracks under Atlantic Avenue, authorities said.
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Source: GlobeSt.comNEW YORK CITY-As retailers continue to weave suburban concepts into the urban fabric, more brands—and big-boxes—are going vertical. But as the pendulum swings in favor of transit-oriented development, the nation’s top retailers agreed that the need for mass transportation is beginning to outweigh the need for traditional parking design, according to speakers during day two of the International Council of Shopping Centers’ 2011 New York National Conference & Deal Making event. The convention closed out at the Sheraton New York and Hilton New York Hotels on Tuesday afternoon, where total attendance exceeded 6,000 each day.
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Source: Streetsblog.netTake a flawed project like the replacement of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge, which Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to build without the transit component envisioned by the decade-long public planning process. A politician with extremely low standards for how public money is spent is likely to argue that the construction jobs alone are justification enough to plow ahead […] But even as a jobs program, it’s pretty lousy, writes Network blogger Cap’n Transit.
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Source: In These TimesVerizon has fired 40 workers in the Northeast who were part of this summer’s picket lines during the two-week strike by 45,000 Communication Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The company said the fired workers were fired for violating the company’s “code of conduct,” which bans harassment, “threats of violence” and intimidation.
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Source: VariousAn off-duty police officer shot and wounded a groping suspect on a subway platform on Friday afternoon. Here is the collected coverage.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA STICKY-FINGERED Bronx man was collared on Sunday after he swiped an iPhone from a plainclothes decoy officer on the No. 4 train at Grand Central Station, cops said.
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Source: Bond Buyer“Contrary to popular belief, the New York City Olympic plan has largely been implemented,” said Mitchell Moss, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management at New York University and author of the report, “How New York City Won the Olympics.” New York’s emphasis, according to Moss, was on productive use of infrastructure enhancements throughout the city to meet long-range needs, rather than a one-off, and has spurred projects such as the Hudson Yards development, the extension of the No. 7 subway line to Manhattan’s West Side, and expanded ferry service throughout the city’s five boroughs.
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Source: Press ReleaseThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today launched a new and improved version of "The Weekender" after listening to customer feedback on how the site could be improved. The MTA introduced The Weekender in September, which takes over the front page of MTA.info each weekend, to guide customers around construction-related weekend subway reroutes.
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Source: CBS New York / APPolice say two Long Island Rail Road passengers were arrested after a smoking-related incident turned violent.
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Source: NY PostRepresentatives for the New York City Opera’s orchestra and singers said the musicians have given the go-ahead for a possible strike after negotiations broke down over money and job security.
December 9, 2011
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Source: NewsdayNassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his staff are now going through the due diligence on all the options for Long Island Bus that should have been conducted months ago. The second time around, it should be done thoroughly.
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Source: NY PostThe Port Authority said yesterday it will post on its Web site the names, salaries and overtime pay of all 6,777 of its employees beginning today.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceThe Port Authority has given the green light to limited residential toll discounts on its Staten Island bridges -- which could save up to $600 a year for drivers who make frequent trips to New Jersey.
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Source: NY PostCity officials have thrown a huge monkey wrench into the upcoming criminal and civil trials in the fatal 2008 Upper East Side crane collapse — a newly “discovered” letter that appears to implicate the Buildings Department as having been far more informed about the status of the death-trap crane than they’d let on.
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Source: TimesLedgerThe 50th Street crosstown bus in Manhattan has won the title of slowest bus in New York City with the Q58 earning the title of the most tardy in Queens.
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Source: Gotham GazetteThe City Council voted unanimously yesterday to override a mayoral veto of the Outsourcing Accountability Act today — taking a stand against outsourcing and the mayor, too.
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Source: NY TimesAmericans got much poorer last quarter, as their collective household net worth suffered the biggest decline in three years.
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Source: VariousThe Rudin Center for Transportation Policy, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and Streetsblog react negatively to the the rollback of the Payroll Mobility Tax under the deal between Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders.
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Source: NY1Bus operators in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn held a candlelight vigil Thursday night for a colleague killed by a rider three years ago.
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