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September 9, 2011
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Source: NY Daily News
September 8, 2011
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Source: Western Queens GazetteA Queens Supreme Court Justice has ordered the MTA to pay a 59-year-old Nassau County woman $20 million over a 24-year period for the severe disability she suffered in a 2009 accident where an MTA bus struck her while she was crossing the street in Long Island City.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceThough Al Palma retired from the city Transit Authority more than 10 years ago, he continues to have trains on the brain.
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Source: PoliticoHere are 5 things to watch for Thursday night.
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Source: Sen. Schumer press releaseToday, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced his push to quickly pass a transportation extension billto keep money flowing to help repair structurally deficient bridges throughout Upstate New York. Comingon the heels of tropical storm Irene, which further weakened or washed out bridges from the Hudson Valleythrough the North Country, and previous flooding in Western New York and the Southern Tier, the FederalHighway Administration (FHWA) released a National Bridge Inventory showing that New York is home toover 2,108 structurally deficient bridges. On September 30
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, federal funding for surface highwayconstruction projects will expire unless Congress passes legislation to authorize continued funding for keyinfrastructure projects. -
Source: AFL-CIO Now
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Source: StreetsblogState government has left the last three years of the current capital plan almost entirely unfunded, boosting the debt load significantly. And no one knows how, or if, the next capital plan will be paid for. The fuse on the debt bomb is getting shorter all the time. In fact, it’s already starting to go off.
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Source:On the morning of June 26, Chris Christie, New Jersey's flamboyant, tough-talking Republican governor, appeared on NBC's Meet The Press. He then jetted out to Colorado, delivered a keynote speech at Charles and David Koch's ultra-exclusive seminar at the Ritz-Carlton resort near Vail, and returned home the same night, all without breathing a word about his adventure to his constituents.
September 7, 2011
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Source:The next MTA chairman needs political chops more than a well-worn MetroCard to improve the bus and subway system, a new survey of riders showed Tuesday.
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Source: NY1
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"This station is so important to the residents here, the businesses, the tourists that use it every day," said MTA Chairman and CEO Jay Walder. "It's integral to the community that exists to the east and also to the new community that is growing to the ...
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Source: NY1In the wake of September 11th, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority enlisted the eyes and ears of New Yorkers as part of its anti-terrorism strategy with a simple slogan -- "If You See Something, Say Something."
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Source: City Room / NY TimesNew York has the highest unionization rate of any state, 24.1 percent, but the rate for older workers is considerably higher than for younger ones.
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Source: NY1The head of security for the MTA says the agency is ramping up its efforts to prevent any type of retaliatory attack as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches.
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Source: NY TimesThe Obama administration said that it would seek to save the deficit-plagued Postal Service from a default by proposing to give it an extra three months to make a $5.5 billion payment.
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Source: NY ObserverThe city’s ironworkers and carpenters have never much gotten along. Falling somewhere between rival sports teams and armies at war, the construction unions responsible for the city’s tall buildings rarely work together—office buildings are made from steel, apartments from concrete (which is poured by the carpenter’s union). “Is there ego? There is certainly pride amongst these unions, and not a little competition,” said Gary Higby director of industry development at the Steel Institute of New York, a trade group.
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Source: CBS New YorkOver the past decade we have heard countless stories about acts of heroism during the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceTime after time, she went through the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll plaza without paying, authorities allege. So last week, police on the bridge decided enough was enough.
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Source: Associated PressBus companies are facing higher costs when new tolls take effect at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Hudson River crossings on Sept. 18.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe Department of Transportation says its transformation of the northern end of Union Square has put a dent in speeding and given local businesses a boost.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceWith toll hikes looming, agency has not said whether Islanders will have to pay less
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