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December 7, 2011
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Source: NY PostThe company responsible for the fraud-ridden CityTime payroll system acknowledged yesterday it will have to pay back at least $232 million to the Big Apple, according to records filed with the feds.
December 6, 2011
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Source: NY PostNext time you board an MTA bus . . . say cheese! The agency is installing cameras and driver-safety partitions on hundreds of buses beginning next month, following a spate of violent attacks that have endangered both riders and drivers, officials said.
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Source: WPIX 11
Mocker presents the MTA's deal with Apple for a new store in Grand Central as if it were one of the "Hello. I'm a Mac" commercials.
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Source: BusinessWeekThe three labor unions at American Airlines won seats on the committee that will represent creditors with potential claims against American Airlines parent AMR Corp, which filed for bankruptcy protection last week.
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Source: CBS New YorkWith winter a little more than two weeks away, the New York City Council wants to know what has changed at the MTA since last December’s blizzard.
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Source: am New YorkThe MTA resumed blasting underneath Second Avenue Monday as it continues work on the long-awaited subway line that will ultimately run from East Harlem to the Financial District.
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Source: NY TimesWhen the Boeing Company announced its far-reaching, precedent-setting agreement with the machinists’ union last week, all the talk was about the ushering in of a new era of labor peace between a company and union that were long known for their horrendous labor relations record. That record included five strikes since 1977, among them a 58-day walkout in 2008 that cost Boeing $1.8 billion
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Source: Streetsblog New York CityGovernor Andrew Cuomo sent out an “editorial” this weekend putting infrastructure investment at the center of his job creation agenda. In a rough outline, the governor touted public-private partnerships (or PPPs, as they’re known) as a key mechanism to pay for “the repair and development of highways, bridges and major construction projects.” […] There’s definitely room for new ways to finance infrastructure or contract out projects. But as Cuomo prepares for a major infrastructure push, New Yorkers need to ask, “Where’s the money?”
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Source: NBC New YorkA young woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries after she was pulled from underneath an MTA bus in the Bronx, emergency personnel said.
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Source: Politics on the HudsonAs Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office and leaders in the state Legislature continue to work behind the scenes on a potential package of economic jump-starters, one of the things they’re looking at is the much-debated Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax.
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Source: Crain'sL train shutdowns cut Williamsburg shops off from their customers.
December 5, 2011
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Source: NY1A Bronx man is facing felony assault charges after allegedly hitting a bus driver in the face. Police say Andrew Anderson, 20, punched the driver around 12:40 a.m. Sunday on the BX-22 bus in Fordham.
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Source: variousPlan includes legalized gambling, an infrastructure fund, and tax increases on higher earners (but not the millionaire's tax). Comprehensive coverage here.
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Source: DNAinfo.comMANHATTAN — The Teamsters are waging war against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor, after she said she'd rather resign from Sotheby's board than see any concessions given to the art handlers who have been locked out since Aug. 1
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Source: NY TimesThe rise in tolls on Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bridges and tunnels in September may have caused many commuters to leave their cars at home and switch to public transportation, early reports from the agency show.
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Source: PoliticoTransportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) and the other main FAA negotiators have long said they could resolve debates over funding levels, the Essential Air Services program and long-distance flights into Reagan National Airport before getting to the main event: a labor rule that would change how votes for union elections are tallied. But in a Thursday meeting on Capitol Hill, Mica shocked the other lawmakers by telling them he wants to lump all four issues together, arguing it would be pointless for him to sign off on three compromises if the labor dispute still holds up the bill.
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Source: Long Island PressThe Long Island Rail Road is launching a new Quiet Car pilot program on select peak hour trains on the Far Rockaway Branch beginning Monday, December 5. Under the pilot program, four morning and six evening rush hour trains that operate between Far Rockaway and Atlantic Terminal will have a designated quiet car.
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Source: NY PostAn infamous dirty cop — who was caught moonlighting as a bank robber in the 1990s — has a new gig driving a city bus in Brooklyn, The Post has learned.
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Source: NY Daily NewsWhen gunfire erupted on the Q111 Friday afternoon, passengers stampeded to the front looking to escape the violence that came out of nowhere.
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Source: NY Daily NewsDet. Nelson Dones retired from the NYPD last week, but the veteran subway sleuth didn’t leave his fellow officers empty-handed. Thanks to Dones, transit police who hunt career pickpockets in the subway have the “Nifty 50,” a deck of cards featuring the mug shots of the most prolific thieves known to work the crowded platforms and trains.
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