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With a proposed rate increase for Long Island Rail Road riders looming, state Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. announced a petition drive last week to fight it.
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Deirdre Krasula
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9/9/10
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Thousands of Long Island Rail Road commuters were left stranded after a switch cable fire in Jamaica disrupted days of rush-hour service. Around the same time, it was announced that the MTA was exploring plans to raise the price of a monthly Metro card to $130.
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Al D'Amato
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9/3/10
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is continuing its long tradition of asking Long Islanders to solve its fiscal problems. We need to tell the Board of Directors at the MTA "enough is enough."
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Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.
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7/30/10
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Newbridge Road is set to undergo a facelift in August. On July 23, the state Department of Transportation confirmed its plans to implement “traffic-calming measures” on …
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Mike Caputo
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7/28/10
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Construction of a guiderail that will run along the Wantagh State Parkway bike path began May 20, a New York State Department of Transportation spokeswoman said.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/3/10
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Last week, freshman Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano laid it on the line for county residents. He told us that the county is facing a $286 million deficit, the largest in its history.
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Al D'Amato
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5/6/10
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The Bellmore Board of Education last week approved a budget of nearly $31 million for 2010-11. The spending plan, if approved by residents in May, would allow for a 2.97 percent increase over the current spending plan, with a tax levy increase of 3.96 percent. The administration has yet to release how the proposed budget would affect individual taxpayers' bills.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/29/10
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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.
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3/26/10
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New York State Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick, was recently named to the state Transportation Budget Committee.
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3/12/10
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At a North Merrick Civic Association meeting on Monday, residents spoke out against proposed cuts to the N53 and N62 Long Island Bus routes, local shuttles that run -- among other places -- to the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station.
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Sari Zeidler
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2/25/10
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