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October 24, 2011
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceMetropolitan Transportation Authority's Payroll Mobility Tax generates $1.4 billion annually and accounts for 11 percent of the MTA's operating budget
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Source: NY PostRudy Giuliani wasn’t the least bit surprised Gov. Cuomo tapped his ex-deputy to head the MTA -- the shocking thing was the “enormously talented” Joe Lhota accepted the offer. “I said Joe, ‘Are you sure you’re thinking straight?’ ” Giuliani said.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe lightning strike that knocked out LIRR service on Sept. 29 is still zapping riders - thanks to a $10 surcharge on refunds.
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Source: Fox 5 NYThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority budget for subways, buses, LIRR, and Metro North is roughly $11 billion a year; $2 billion of that goes to pay for interest. That means nearly one-fifth of the budget just pays for loans -- not salaries or services.
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Source: NY PostThe MTA’s plan to wire the subway system for cellphone service is a recipe for disaster -- and has already led to a spike in iThefts, police have confirmed.“More signal in subway stations and platforms is leading to more robberies,” said Deputy Inspector Mark DiPaolo
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Source: Second Ave. SagasAccording to MTA documents released this week, if all goes according to plan, the MTA’s BusTime system, in use in Brooklyn and nearly ready on Staten Island, will be available city-wide by April of 2013.
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Source: Crain's New YorkSource: Crain
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Source: NY Daily NewsPassenger assaults on bus drivers are up 20% this year - with seven attacks on average every month, according to MTA statistics. There were 69 physical assaults in the first nine months of this year - compared with 57 during the same stretch last year, the statistics reveal.
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Source: NY Daily NewsIt goes without saying that riding on the outside of a subway train is a deadly game. Now, we can say exactly how deadly.
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Source: CBS New YorkProblems with reprogramming the vending machines to add the fee forced the agency to push back the surcharge until at least January.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesNo one was injured, but delays on the uptown 4, 5 and 6 lines continued through the morning.
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Source: NY PostA gaggle of celebs -- including Jerry Lewis and Susan Lucci -- are roasting the transit agency’s construction plans that could permanently silence the House That Milton Berle Built.
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Source:Spurred by residents’ escalating complaints over the onslaught of buses that many fear are turning Midtown into a giant parking lot, police in the Midtown South Precinct teamed up with the State Department of Transportation to lay down the law.
October 21, 2011
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Source: AFL-CIO NowThe Occupy Wall Street movement has spread from big cities to small towns, mobilizing a diverse group of people from young workers to grandmothers. Even “The New Yorker” has taken note, with a cover this week that portrays a group of “protesters” who have occupied Wall Street since its inception—and who would like to keep it that way.
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Source: WPIX 11Mayor Bloomberg has warned the Orthodox Jewish operators of the B 110 bus in Brooklyn that the city will shut down the bus line if they continue to force women to sit in the back.
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Source:Former Giuliani administration official Joseph Lhota will take the reins at the nation's largest mass-transit agency, facing big budget deficits and a prickly labor union. See also: Daily News, Newsday (w. editorial), Post (w. editorial), Times, Wall St. Journal, WNBC, WABC, NY1
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Source: NY TimesCiting rising costs, Wal-Mart is substantially rolling back coverage for part-time workers and significantly raising premiums for many full-time staff.
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Source: Hornell Evening TribuneWhile there was no word on new Alstom contracts, the IDA granted the transit giant $150,000 for window repairs at the high-bay building, said Hogan. Griffin added that he'd discussed extending Alstom's lease in Hornell with the transit company.
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Source: AFL-CIO NowThe National Taxi Workers Alliance made history when its leader, Bhairavi Desai, accepted the organization’s charter as a member of the AFL-CIO during an event today on “The Future of Work.” Highlighting the changing shape of the union movement, the event opened with remarks by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Desai then took part in a panel discussion which included representatives of other labor organizations that represent workers who are either traditionally excluded from coverage by labor law, or for whom the changing shape of the economy means the protections they have on paper mean little.
October 20, 2011
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Source: ReutersAn unofficial gauge of human misery in the United States rose last month to a 28-year high as Americans struggled with rising inflation and high unemployment.
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