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MTA Goes to Court Again to Force $60M for Second Ave. Subway From Feds
The Trump administration is being dragged into court again in the latest funding fight over a key New York transportation project. The MTA on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that accuses the federal government of withholding $60 million in contractually obligated money for the nearly $7 billion extension of the Second Avenue Subway from the Upper […]
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Nearly Impossible to Enforce City Pooper Scooper Law, Sanitation Official Says
Dog poop is everywhere, city sanitation officials acknowledge. But when it comes to ticketing offending pooch owners, enforcement officers may be barking up the wrong tree. Javier Lojan, the acting commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, said during a budget hearing Monday that the department hears the complaints from New Yorkers about poop piles that […]
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Transit Union Sues MTA Again Over Staffing of Subway ‘Token Booths’
The largest union of New York City transit workers has launched its latest legal challenge against the MTA over its staffing of booths in subway stations. A lawsuit filed Friday by Transport Workers Union Local 100, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and the head of Center for the Independence of the Disabled New York accuses […]
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Lawmakers Ask RFK Jr. For Hearing on Problems at 9/11 Health Agency
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. A federal agency seeking to treat emergency responders who fell ill after 9/11 is contending with staffing shortages and delays that could have “devastating medical consequences” as the United States approaches the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center […]
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LISTEN: The Mecca of Basketball Is Back
Can former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s fortune help his former staffer, Micah Lasher, prevail in the wide open race for a rare open NYC Congressional seat, and mark an inglorious end to the Kennedy dynasty in the process? Does America’s attack on Iran make a Mayor Mamdani ally the favorite in his primary challenge to a […]
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