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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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Prefab Potty Hyped as Fast and Cheap Is Years Late, Will Cost NYC $3.5M
Since 2022, city officials — flush with excitement — have been touting a modular bathroom planned for the busy Discovery Playground in Fort Washington Park as a faster, cheaper way to build public restrooms. The new prototype will be “less expensive to build and can be installed more quickly and with less disruption,” members of […]
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Rat-ical Idea: City Council Mulls Ban on Rodent Glue Traps
After years of hard-fought battle, the city may finally be entering an era of rat harmony — or closer to it. Newly elected Councilmember Harvey Epstein (D-Manhattan) recently introduced a bill to outlaw the sale of glue traps aimed at mice and rats in the city. The traps are small boards covered with an adhesive […]
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