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September 16, 2011
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceDrivers can expect lane closures in both directions on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge beginning tomorrow and extending through Sept. 25, to accommodate maintenance and construction.
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Source:Rochester-area bus riders won't have to wonder when their buses will arrive, anymore.
September 15, 2011
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Source: Daily PoliticsState Controller Thomas DiNapoli released the latest quarterly figures on the state pension fund, showing that rate of return for the the fund rose 1.8% between April 1, the start of the state fiscal y ear, through June despite market volatility.
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Source: Western Queens GazetteJoseph Raskin of New York City Transit said that most work on the train overhead at Queensboro Plaza is expected to be done by year’s end. Track work on the Astoria line is continuing, but weekday train diversions are nearly at an end. Subway ventilation work on 44th Drive will, upon completion, allow ventilation service to three tunnels. The E and F lines will be sharing the F track through the rest of September and October. The word is out that weekend service on the No. 7 line between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square will be suspended during October and November. Riders can look forward to more weekend bus substitutions for the idled trains.
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Source: StreetsblogPresident Obama’s new jobs bill includes $50 billion for infrastructure construction, including $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, $4 billion for high-speed rail, and $2 billion for Amtrak. Assuming it can get past the Republican Congress and that it will not be watered down as it already has been since the beginning of the year, the question arises: where to spend the money?
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Source: NY PostMINEOLA, N.Y. — A Long Island government official wants to close a projected $310 million budget shortfall by cutting more than 1,000 jobs from the Nassau County work force. County Executive Edward Mangano says if he doesn’t cut the payroll, county property taxes could rise by 39 percent...
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Source: NY Times
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Source: NY Daily NewsMore than 600,000 students depend on the Department of Education for rides to and from school, but many say it's getting harder to catch a lift.
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Source: NY1The union for city bus drivers is demanding better protection in the wake of the second assault on a driver on the same Bronx route in less than three months.
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Source: NY PostA Verizon worker was electrocuted by power lines yesterday in Brownsville, witnesses said.
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Source: CBS New YorkNew billboards went up across New York City on Wednesday night with a message that could have subway riders doing a double-take.
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Source: NY TimesThe United Automobile Workers agreed early on Thursday to extend contracts with General Motors and Chrysler after the parties were unable to reach new deals by the time the old pacts expired at midnight.
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Source: Courthouse News ServiceTwo Las Vegas hotel-casinos violated federal law when they stopped deducting union dues from workers' paychecks more than 15 years ago, the 9th Circuit ruled, shaking up a labor board that has been deadlocked for years.
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Source:West Siders who endure a blocks-long hike to the subway on a daily basis are one stop closer to having the train come to them.
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September 14, 2011
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Source: NY PostMayor Bloomberg’s plan to let livery cabs pick up street fares in the outer boroughs has hit a major speed bump.
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Source: Wall Street JournalMetropolitan areas with big durable-goods manufacturing sectors grew much faster than the all-metropolitan average of 2.5% in 2010.
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Source: MarketplaceOngoing contract talks between union auto workers and automakers GM, Ford, and Chrysler are rapidly approaching a deadline with no deal in sight.
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Source: Transportation NationJust six weeks after an ugly and embarrassing showdown that shuttered the Federal Aviation Administration for several days, the House on Tuesday easily extended the agency’s authorization for four months. They even combined it with a six-month extension of controversial federal surface transportation legislation. The melded package passed the House on a voice vote.
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Source: New York Daily NewsA female bus driver was slugged in the face by a 6-foot passenger angry she didn't pull over at his stop, authorities said Tuesday. Maria Hogan is the second female Bx9 driver to be attacked by a rider at Fordham Plaza in just three months.
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Source: NY Daily NewsDean Poll, the combative owner of the Boathouse Restaurant in Central Park, wants peace with his striking busboys, waiters and bartenders.
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