The catchwords late last week were “positive train control,” the technology that could prevent tragedies like last week’s Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia . . .
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5/28/15
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We don’t have to look very far back in the history books to learn about the damage State Senate Democrats inflicted on Long Island taxpayers during their disastrous two years in the majority in 2009 and 2010.
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7/30/14
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wouldn’t get involved in the threatened strike by unionized LIRR workers, which may happen on Sunday.
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7/16/14
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Nassau County plans to offer free wireless Internet access and work cubicles in a 20,000-square-foot office in Bethpage’s industrial park if there is a Long Island Rail Road strike on July 20.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/11/14
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With over 300,000 daily riders, the Long Island Rail Road is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. But in just two weeks . . .
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7/9/14
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters …
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By Scott Brinton
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6/25/14
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Helena Williams, president of the Long Island Rail Road, was fired from her position on Wednesday, in the midst of bitter contract negotiations with LIRR union workers.
Williams, who has served as …
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By Emily Webb
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5/1/14
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The Long Island Rail Road will replace trains scheduled on the Hempstead branch with buses for 12 hours on Saturday, March 29.
According to MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan, buses will run from around …
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By Emily Webb
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3/26/14
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Justin Timberlake — the multi-platinum pop crooner who has built a worldwide recording empire on singing tales of desire, both lost and found — has taken his job into the streets with a …
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By Emily Webb
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3/25/14
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President Barack Obama has appointed a second board of mediators to intervene in a longstanding contract impasse between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its Long Island Rail Road …
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By Emily Webb
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3/25/14
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