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October 31, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsI don't take cabs. Not very often, anyway. Compared to the subway, they're too slow. Too expensive. And the artificial air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror makes me want to gag.
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Source: Associated PressTo make their case, lawmakers have exaggerated and misrepresented some projects that have received aid.
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Source: Nyack NewsIn 1955 the Tappan Zee Bridge completed the link in the I-287 Corridor chain that devastated the communities in Rockland County through which it passed. Particularly hard hit were the Villages of South Nyack which saw its downtown destroyed and over 150 homes relocated, and Nyack which saw its main East-West thoroughfare transected by an elevated roadway creating an isolated, second commercial district in the Village that was accessible only by auto traffic. At the Westchester landing, Tarrytown also saw scores of homes moved and it suffers daily from the effects of traffic congestion on Route 110 and Main Street. Added to those injuries are the environmental insults of air, noise and light pollution resulting from the ever increasing vehicular traffic on the Thruway through those Villages which continue, largely unabated, today.
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Source: NY PostGov. Cuomo is planning a “taxi summit” next week, getting the warring factions together in an effort to expand street-hail cab service to the outer boroughs.
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Source: Journal-NewsBefore Joseph Lhota takes over as head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, he can expect to hear two phrases from the Lower Hudson Valley's state senators: 'payroll tax' and 'forensic audit.'
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority is prepared to stop running buses in three neighborhoods if Halloween mischief strikes this year, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said.
SEE ALSO: [Metro]
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Source: Fox 5 NYNJ Transit and Metro North are reporting service disruptions Monday stemming from the weekend's snow storm.
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Source: Mid-Hudson NewsMetro-North Railroad has resumed bus service between Port Jervis and Harriman. A bus departed Ramsey/Route 17 westbound Sunday afternoon and a bus departed from Port Jervis eastbound a short time later.
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Source: Transit WireThe MTA will refund ticket cancellation charges to about 300 passengers who returned tickets after a lightning strike knocked out LIRR service last month.
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Source:It looks like little has changed on the B110 Williamsburg-to-Borough Park bus line, where self-segregation among the sexes remains as entrenched as ever.
October 27, 2011
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Source:Attacks on MTA employees are on the rise this year, prompting the new installation of security cameras and conflict resolution courses for bus drivers. NY1’s Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source:Ten people, including a doctor and a former union president, were arrested early Thursday and charged in a major fraud scheme in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers made false disability pension claims costing a federal agency an estimated $1 billion, according to people briefed on the matter. Another doctor charged in the case was being sought, the people said.
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Source: NY1Attacks on MTA employees are on the rise this year, prompting the new installation of security cameras and conflict resolution courses for bus drivers. NY1’s Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: BusinessweekChrysler Group LLC’s U.S. hourly workers ratified a new four-year contract, completing the United Auto Workers’ negotiations with U.S. automakers.
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Source: NY Daily NewsState workers made repeated shopping trips to Albany-area Walmarts to purchase supplies for the Executive Mansion, spending about $300 in recent months, according to billing records reviewed by the Daily News.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesThe police's efforts to evict the Oakland encampment, which included using tear gas and firing projectiles, cast a chill in New York, though the protesters said they thought the spotlight was too bright for the police to use those kinds of tactics.
SEE ALSO: Statement by Richard Trumka
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Source: Long Island Report
Long Island Report
Riders skeptical of LIRR promises
Long Island Report
While the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) and politicians have been grappling over the best way to form a written pledge to customers, many mistrust words and promises and say they would rather see actual changes. “I plan them [cancellations] into my ...
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Source: Working AmericaWe’re in a year that ends in an odd number, but from flipping the channels you wouldn’t know it. When it comes to workers’ rights, public safety, education, and corporate influence, Election Day 2011 is a big deal. Let’s start with Ohio.
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Source: CBS New YorkA federal judge has denied the city’s request to delay the upcoming firefighter entrance exams.
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Source: Brooklyn PaperThe MTA’s gritty building at 370 Jay St. could be transformed into a glassy research center under New York University’s latest expansion plans for Downtown Brooklyn.
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