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MTA buses, subways and railroads provide 2.4 billion trips each year and its bridges and tunnels carry more than 300 million vehicles annually. The agency operates the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Bus and NYC Transit, which includes the city's subway system, bus routes in the five boroughs and the Staten Island Railway.
MTA buses, subways and railroads provide 2.4 billion trips each year and its bridges and tunnels carry more than 300 million vehicles annually. The agency operates the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Bus and NYC Transit, which includes the city's subway system, bus routes in the five boroughs and the Staten Island Railway.
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Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels oversees the Midtown Tunnel. The agency was incorrect in yesterday's editions. -
Disability scandal at nation's largest railroad yields investigations, subpoenas
Associated Press WriterMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) _ Like many commuters, Ron Marino is incredulous about revelations that nearly every employee who asked for disability benefits after retiring from the nation's largest commuter railroad was granted them. But Marino isn't the only...Tags: David Paterson, Retirement, Wages and Pensions, Helena Williams, Employers
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NY subpoenas issued in LIRR disability probe
Associated Press WriterNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office has confirmed it is issuing subpoenas to five doctors involved in the review process for Long Island Rail Road disability claims. Cuomo is leading one of four separate investigations into revelations that...Tags: Retirement, Transportation, Railway Transportation, Long Island Rail Road
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W. Babylon man's 'Viagra' missile lands him in trouble
Arye Sachs likes getting a rise out of people. The aviation buff is apt to greet strangers in a flight suit and park restored airplane cockpits in the driveway of his brick West Babylon home. But the former Israeli Army sergeant's latest project -...Tags: Medicine, West Babylon, Manhattan (New York City), Armed Forces, Republic Airport
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Source: Subpoenas issued for docs who saw LIRR workers
alfonso.castillo@newsday.com; robert.kessler@newsday.comState investigators probing potential abuses of a federal disability pension system by Long Island Rail Road employees have issued subpoenas for five doctors on Long Island and in Queens who examined high numbers of LIRR workers, a source close to the...Tags: Retirement, Labor Legislation, Collective Contract, Wages and Pensions, Insurance
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LIRR needs a switch
Long Island Rail Road employees will continue to ride the disability gravy train until Washington takes away the rubber stamp from an obscure federal agency applying obsolete regulations with no oversight. That's why almost all LIRR workers who retire...Tags: Helena Williams, Long Island, Retirement, Transportation, Culture
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Bronx man in handcuffs run over by trains
A man in handcuffs was hit by two commuter railroad trains Wednesday morning just hours after sending a distraught text message to a friend, a railroad spokeswoman said. Painkiller prescription bottles were found near the man, and his mangled body was...Tags: Transportation, Mount Vernon, Metal and Mineral, Police, Railway Transportation
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MTA wants to light up tunnels with ads
MNaanes@am-ny.comStraphangers will no longer be staring out into pitch darkness in the subway tunnels next year if the MTA gets its way and is able to sell projected video ads along the Shuttle train route. Facing a nearly $1 billion budget gap next year, the tunnel...Tags: Long Island Rail Road
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NYC transit agency to fully wrap subway car in ad
A New York City transit agency says it plans to unveil its first subway car to be fully wrapped in advertising. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials say on Thursday they'll present a midtown Manhattan shuttle train ensconced in advertising...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Transportation, Subway Transportation, Times Square, Grand Central Terminal
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Cards used to fight sexual harassment on NY subway
A New York City transit agency has started a public-service campaign to fight sexual harassment on the subway. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is displaying cards in subway cars encouraging victims to report sexual harassment. The cards also...Tags: Transportation, Crimes, Minority Groups, Subway Transportation
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Voting on LIRR contracts
The Long Island Rail Road's 19 labor contracts are negotiated with 11 unions and approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. After union members have ratified a contract, it goes before the MTA board in executive session. A majority of...Tags: Labor Legislation, Local Elections, Long Island Rail Road
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LIRR president calls for benefits reform
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comSaying she could not stand idle as Long Island Rail Road employees continue to abuse a flawed pension system that grants disability benefits to nearly anyone who applies, railroad president Helena Williams yesterday called for widespread reforms at the...Tags: Retirement, Labor Legislation, Steve Israel, Occupations, Government
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