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On New Jersey’s Election Day, April 20, Gov. Chris Christie wanted voters to reject school budget proposals in any districts where the unionized teachers weren’t willing to freeze their salaries for a year. more

4/30/10

MTA approves service cuts

Two local bus routes — the N14 Rockville Centre Loop and the N17 Hempstead to Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road train station— and some trains on the Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon branch — will experience service cuts that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board made official in a March 24 vote. more

Lee Landor | 3/31/10

We say audit the MTA

Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing. more

3/26/10

The Babylon branch of the LIRR is among those that could be subject to service cuts this spring and fall.

MTA cuts lead to less LIRR service

As a series of public hearings addressing proposed mass transit reductions throughout the New York metropolitan region came to a close on March 8, concerned commuters anxiously awaited news of what would result. more

Lee Landor | 3/10/10

NCC students built snowmen to send a message to Governor Paterson that proposed cuts to community colleges would leave them 'out in the cold.'

NCC students: Gov's leaving them 'out in the cold'

A year ago, 23-year-old William May lost his job managing a welding supply company in Westbury. So, the young father decided to join his wife, Kara, 21, as a student at Nassau Community College in Garden City. more

Scott Brinton | 2/16/10

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