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September 22, 2011
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Source: ReutersThe New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority could further complicate its difficult financial position if it goes ahead with a $14.8 billion borrowing plan to fund its capital
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Source: CBS New YorkPolice said a man tried to sexually assault a woman at knifepoint inside a subway station in Brooklyn early Wednesday morning.
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Source: NY PostA school bus carrying nearly a dozen Bronx special-ed kids home disappeared and was incommun-icado for hours -- leaving parents in a panic.
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Source: NBC New YorkA subway rider appears to be attacking young women at random, slashing them in the face and causing serious injury. Ida Siegal reports.
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Source: AFL-CIO NowFormer President Bill Clinton yesterday singled out the efforts of the union movement in creating massive numbers of jobs through union pension fund investments. Speaking yesterday at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Clinton praised the AFL-CIO and AFT for already providing $1 billion in pension fund investments to improve infrastructure and increase energy efficiency.
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Source: MetroBlogger prepares for MTA holy war
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Her lawyers sent the MTA a warning yesterday: If they don't approve the ad by Friday, she'll sue the transit authority for denying her First Amendment rights. -
Source: NBC New YorkDisgusted subway workers say rats underground are multiplying and getting bolder, and are a health risk to them and passengers.
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Source: Transportation NationHigh speed rail got a last minute reprieve today, with a vote by a Senate committee to restore $100 million in spending on the program, a day after a subcommittee had zeroed out funding for bullet train projects.
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Source: The Atlantic CitiesFrom a pedestrian expansion of the Verrazano bridge to a new entrance for Central Park, the best concepts from this year's Urban Design Week
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Source: NY1A new study obtained by NY1 from the Alliance for a Greater New York suggests that Walmart locations could proliferate across the five boroughs should the megastore open in the city, but Walmart representatives responded by countering the findings with their own numbers. NY1’s Courtney Gross filed the following report.
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Source:Advocates of a bill to allow livery cab drivers to pick up street hails in Upper Manhattan are clamoring for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's support.
September 20, 2011
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Source: Infrastructurist"Shovel Ready” has become a risky political catchphrase. The president and Congress have used it to the point where Obama is even turning against it himself. The term has become an inadvertent symbol of government bureaucracy and the inability to get projects off the ground – while in the infrastructure community, it remains a powerful phrase. Check out what Chris Ward, Executive Director of the Port Authority, had to say on the true meaning of “shovel-ready”
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Source: WPIX 11
Union members gathered outside M.S. 571 in Prospect Heights on Tuesday to rally against potential school layoffs.
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Source: StreetsblogTo what extent should transit be concerned with equity and to what extent should it be concerned with profitability?
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Source: NY ObserverIn a show rivaling the hurricane response, the M.T.A. has cleaned up a good 10-feet of standing water in the Harlem subways yesterday after a century-old water main burst at 106th Street. The main burst around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, and subway service on the A, B, C and D lines was restored at 5:00 a.m. this morning, just in time for the morning rush. Herewith are some photos of the clean-up from M.T.A photographer Patrick Cashin.
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Source: NY Daily NewsFirefighters suffered more burns on the job last year, city records show - and union bigs are blaming staffing cuts.
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Source: The HillNoting that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) dropped his opposition to parts of a bill to extend the funding of the Federal Aviation Administration last week, the parent group of the union for flight attendants called on House Republicans to drop controversial labor provisions that have held up agreement on a long-term measure for the agency.
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Source: NY TimesMore than 17,000 workers employed by Tyson Foods at 41 poultry plants in 12 states will receive back pay as part of a $32 million settlement that ends a 12-year-old federal lawsuit.
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Source: DNAinfo.comA building scaffold collapsed on an MTA bus on 125th Street, near Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
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Source: City Hall NewsNoah Budnick’s enthusiasm for biking started in high school, when he founded a bike club to get out of gym class. His interest in public policy began in college, when he studied sustainable development in third-world countries. His job at Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group, brings together both the cycling and the policy.
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