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Local college students joined with community groups to encourage Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to provide more information about a new contract with Veolia Transportation Inc., which is set to take over Long Island Bus.
Students rally for more disclosure on bus contract
Veolia Transportation Inc. recently signed a contract to take over operation of Long Island Bus, run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Nassau County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the agreement before it is submitted to the county Legislature for a vote, but members of New York Public Interest Research Group Fund want the details now more
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MTA Long Island Bus union representative Grover Howell railed against a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to privatize the municipal bus system during a legislative budget hearing on Friday.
County hearing gets heated over L.I. Bus
A Nassau legislative hearing to review the county’s $2.6 billion 2012 budget turned chaotic early Friday afternoon when residents and MTA Long Island Bus drivers refused to cede the floor, demanding more time to be heard during a 30-minute public comment session. more
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For the price Long Island Rail Road commuters pay, they should be guaranteed protections and provisions, according to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Schumer calls on LIRR to 'recommit' to riders
The cost of a monthly Long Island Rail Road pass from West Hempstead to Manhattan is $223. From Rockville Centre, it’s $254. For that amount of money, LIRR commuters should not have to sit in … more
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About 500 people, including current Long Island Bus employees, applied for positions with Veolia Transportation at two job fairs in Uniondale last week.
Workers attend Veolia job fairs
Some 500 people attended two days of job fairs hosted by Veolia Transportation to learn more about positions with Long Island Bus. Veolia, selected by Nassau County to become its partner in operating … more
Sheila Talley of Veolia Transportation, left, spoke with Long Island Bus employees at recent meeting to discuss potential career opportunities.
New L.I. Bus operator meets potential employees
Nassau County’s soon-to-be new public bus system operator, Veolia Transportation Inc., held a job fair of sorts for potential employees earlier this month.Veolia representatives spent about … more
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Sand Hogs, as they call themselves, have been drilling and blasting through bedrock to construct the East Side Access tunnels since 2007.
LIRR realizing a long-held dream with East Side Access tunnels
Some 120 feet below the streets of Manhattan, thousands of workers contracted by MTA Capital Construction have been drilling and blasting through bedrock since September 2007 to build a set of Long Island Rail Road tunnels that will eventually connect the Island, including the South Shore, with Grand Central Terminal and the Metro-North Railroad. Tunneling on the Manhattan side of the “East Side Access Project,” as it’s known, is complete, and work on the Queens side, which began in May, is well under way. more
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State legislators are pushing a bill to repeal the MTA payroll tax.
Legislators push to repeal MTA tax
Long Island employers got a bit of good news earlier this month when the State Senate passed a bill to repeal the MTA payroll tax — shortly after the MTA terminated its contract to operate Long … more
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The county's bus system will be taken over by a private company, Veolia Transportation Inc., starting Jan. 1, 2012.
Change for Long Island Bus
If you ride or work for Long Island Bus, changes are headed your way. Details of the contract between Nassau County and Veolia Transportation Inc., which the county selected June 10 to operate its … more
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced new bus operator.
County selects operator for L.I. Bus
Nassau County has selected a private company to take over operation of the Long Island Bus System next year. County Executive Edward Mangano announced last week that the RFP panel formed last year … more
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Sen. Charles Fuschilo Jr.
MTA should take over track maintenance
To the Editor: Following a number of significant Long Island Rail Road service disruptions and cancellations caused by Amtrak maintenance recently, I am calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to explore taking over maintenance of the rails in and out of Penn Station and the East River tunnels. more
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