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LIRR workers reach deal after three-day strike
A tentative agreement was reached Monday evening, ending a strike that stranded 270,000 daily commuters. But workers say the MTA could have avoided the whole thing.
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Mamdani announces site of NYC’s first publicly-operated grocery store
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that the location of the city’s first publicly operated grocery chain, NYC Grocery, will open at The Peninsula in Hunts Point—on the former site of a notorious juvenile detention center.
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3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers strike, bringing the region’s transit system to a halt
Five unions walked off the job Saturday for the first time in over 30 years, halting service for 270,000 daily commuters. Now on day three, the National Mediation Board has summoned both sides back to the table.
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Gov. Hochul says New York has a budget deal. The legislature isn’t so sure
Five weeks late and still not done: the governor’s $268 billion budget announcement was immediately downplayed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and advocates say it doesn’t do enough to help working New Yorkers.
