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How Cuomo landed a rare Michael Bloomberg endorsement, and what it means for the race
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared on a Bloomberg podcast Monday morning. Later in the day he met with the company namesake: Michael Bloomberg himself, inside the billionaire’s Lexington Avenue offices, according to two people briefed on their sit-down. That meeting paid dividends a day later, with an endorsement from the former mayor. “In sizing up the field...
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New poll shows NYC mayor race may be tightening, as Mamdani inches closer to Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign calls it an outlier. Zohran Mamdani says Cuomo has “hit his ceiling.” And Brad Lander’s interpretation of a new Emerson College poll? “This is a three-person race!” The candidates weighed in after Emerson’s late-May survey of 500 registered voters showed Cuomo prevailing, 54% to 46% over Mamdani, after ten rounds of ranked choice voting. But many New…
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NJ Transit, engineers' union to meet in DC as major rail strike looms
Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are scheduled to meet Monday in Washington, D.C., called there by federal arbitrators to hash out their differences as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades. The National Mediation Board called for the meeting last week, a sign it’s trying to...
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Mediation board calls NJ Transit, engineers' union to DC as strike threat looms
The National Mediation Board has called representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to a meeting Monday in Washington, D.C., as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades. The move suggests the board is trying to push the two sides to reach an agreement before hundreds of thousands...
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NJ Transit strike could be more likely, as both sides far apart a week before deadline
New Jersey’s first major rail strike in four decades became more likely this week when talks between NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers broke down.
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NYC school asbestos inspections are badly lacking, as custodians check for carcinogen
Alarming findings from the NYC comptroller’s office audit found an overwhelming majority of city schools have not been properly inspected for asbestos, falling far short of federal standards.
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Group unveils plans for ‘Grand Penn' near MSG: See what redesign would look like
The team spent three years developing the plan for a new Penn Station with a major focus: moving Madison Square Garden one block east, from Eighth Avenue to Seventh Avenue.
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NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announces she is running for mayor
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will announce her candidacy for mayor in the coming days, NBC New York has learned.
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New numbers show a million fewer cars in NYC, as opinion on congestion pricing climbs
Wednesday marked exactly one month since congestion pricing started in New York City. It’s the nation’s first and only tolling plan of its kind, and new numbers show that not only is it having a dramatic impact on the roads, but also the public opposition to it may be softening.
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MTA calls congestion pricing ‘transformative' on commutes. Here's the impact so far
MTA officials say they’ve seen a mountain of early data to back up what many drivers have noticed: much less traffic in the three-plus weeks since congestion pricing began.
