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November 4, 2011
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Source: Times Herald-RecordThere are no plans for additional toll increases at bridges and tunnels operated by the authority, said Patrick Foye, who begins his work as executive director on Monday. And although he's committed to extending the authority's three-year history of zero budget increases, he's also committed to the development of Stewart [Airport].
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Source: Mobilizing the Region / Tri-State Transportation CampaignAs Hudson Valley and regional elected officials, civic leaders, and citizens have weighed in on the new plans for the Tappan Zee project, the media has done an extensive and accurate job reporting on the broad, vocal support for public transit. However, one piece of commonly reported information is worth a closer look: The claim that transit “could add $10 to $15 billion to the cost of the project,” or that “transit could drive the project cost up to $21 billion.” This phrasing glides over the fact that a cross-corridor bus rapid transit system, which had been planned to open simultaneously with the bridge, would cost much less — about 90% less, in fact.
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Source: NY PostA cloud of noxious paint fumes emanating from the renovation of the Port Authority Bus Terminal seeped into a nearby 10-story commercial building today causing people to be evacuated, authorities said. The foul smell led to 100 people being told to leave the McGraw-Hill building at 330 W. 42nd St. while it was to be ventilated.
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Source: NY1The teen who allegedly attacked a city bus driver following an altercation over an uncaged Chihuahua made a court appearance Thursday, and a judge said she may have to spend some time behind bars if her attitude doesn't improve. NY1’s Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe fight over a millionaire’s tax promises to pit Gov. Cuomo against many of his fellow Democrats in what could be the first major spat in his gubernatorial honeymoon. The popular governor, whose poll numbers are sky-high, is dead-set against the tax, while Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and a majority of surveyed New Yorkers favor the special levy.
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Source: WABC 7 Eyewitness NewsNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's taxi industry convene their summit Friday. They are trying to salvage the mayor's plan to allow livery drivers to pick up street hails outside Manhattan.
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Source: NY Daily NewsRight here in New York, where the entire movement started, establishment politicians like Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo just don’t get it. They are oblivious to how deeply this new movement’s fury resonates with the public.
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Source: WPIX 11DeJesus fought back against her attacker, who assaulted her around 9:30 a.m while she was waiting for the Downtown 6 train at Union Square.
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Source: DNAinfo.comPolice were in for an explosive surprise when they found a grenade near the elevated 1 train overpass in Inwood.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe second time was the charm for Gov. Cuomo and the state's second-biggest employees union in cutting a deal on contract.
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Source: DNAInfo.comUptown, Downtown and anywhere in between, suggestions are pouring in from the community on where to place the 600 stations for the city's new bike share program.
November 3, 2011
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Source: DNAinfo.comJust a few hundred feet below the busy streets of Manhattan, workers are busy expanding this historic travel terminus by excavating more than two million cubic yards of hard rock and soil, and preparing tunnels to help streamline commutes for straphangers who will be able to shuttle back and forth between Manhattan, Long Island and Queens.
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Source: Transportation NationThe New York State Labor Department has given notice that 981 Long Island Bus workers could be laid off on New Year’s day. The move is a precautionary step in case suburban Nassau County fails in its effort to privatize a bus line that the NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority now runs. But the uncertainty is causing concern among the bus service’s work force, and its 100,000 weekday riders.
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Source: NY PostLast week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority awarded a $105million contract to upgrade subway-patrol cops’ radio systems to telecommunications giant Alcatel-Lucent, which just months ago agreed to pay the feds $147million after getting caught bribing foreign officials to land business.
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Source: NY PostA fearless City College senior told The Post yesterday how she bravely turned the tables against a perv who groped her on the Union Square subway platform -- repeatedly striking him in the head and snapping a picture of the sicko with her cellphone.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAn ex-LIRR worker who claims collecting tickets left her disabled had her lawsuit brought to a screeching halt after her treating physician was busted in a massive pension ripoff scheme.
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Source: WABC Eyewitness NewsQuinn didn't have to see the train to realize it was bearing down on him, but he landed in the rail bed.
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Source: City HallThe pension management reforms proposed last week by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Comptroller John Liu could run into challenges from representatives of the very workers they are supposed to benefit.
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Source: ArtsBeat Blog / NY TimesThe new precautions come after an incident in September in which members of the Occupy Wall Street movement, who have declared solidarity with the 43 locked-out art handlers, disrupted a sale by standing up and making statements condemning the auction house’s dealings with the workers, who are represented by Teamsters Local 814. The handlers’ contract expired in July and non-union workers have been performing their jobs since then.
November 2, 2011
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Source: Associated PressA spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the man was struck by a G train around 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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