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Matt Sledge

Transit Commuter Tax Benefit Will Be Slashed Almost In Half January 1

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.28.2011

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NEW YORK -- Tax breaks used by 2.7 million subway, light rail and bus riders across the country will be slashed next year, dealing struggling mass tra...

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Despite Irene Aftermath, New York Stock Exchange To Open On Time

AP | By CHIP CUTTER and CANDICE CHOI | Posted 10.29.2011

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NEW YORK -- The opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange is set to ring on time Monday. Operators of the historic Big Board and other major U.S. e...

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Smoking Ban Extended

Posted 10.16.2011

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First it was restaurants and bars, then it was city parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas, and in 90 days, downtrodden New York smokers will be forbidd...

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A Day Trip to the Rockefeller Preserve, Just North of NYC

Lea Lane | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Marc Chagall, Manhattan, Woody Allen, Metro-North, Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Hudson River, Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, Westchester County, Pocantico Hills, Henri Matisse, David Rockefeller, New York News
Lea Lane

Vaux and Olmsted created Central Park out of fantasy. This preserve is natural fantasy. There's even a tinge of danger. Unknown paths beckon into witchy woods. But mostly the flora and fauna offer calm.

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WATCH: Door Stays Open On Speeding Metro-North Train

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeremy Grimes, a daily commuter from Connecticut shot this video, which shows passengers barely noticing a wide open door on a speeding Metro-North tr...

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Entire Northeast Threatened By Deteriorating NYC Bridges: Study

Yahoo! Finance | Michael Gormley, Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch warned Thursday that the entire Northeast is threatened by rapidly deteriorating New York City ...

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Metro North To Get Double-Decker Trains?

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metro North Railroad, New Jersey Transit, Metro North Harlem Line, NYC Transit, Metro North, Long Island Railroad, Metro North Hudson Line, New York News

Some commuters who take the railroad to Manhattan may soon enjoy an amenity more common to Paris than Ossining: the double-decker ride. ...

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Time Magazine Takes on Aviation. Time Loses.

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Negroni

Time's article is phenomenally bad reporting, picking on aviation with a kind of thoughtlessness that's more embarrassing to the publication than to the industry.

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Recession & Remodeling Costs Threaten Metro-North Bar Car

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Metro North Bar Car May Close, New York, New York City, Metro North, Train Bar Cars, New York News

The cocktails started early, before the train left Manhattan, and by 6 p.m. most of the passengers were already on the second round. Tiny vodka bottle...

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Have You Seen My Wallet, NYC? How About My Pride?

Jim Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Watkins

Honestly I don't know if they'll appreciate my honesty -- my acknowledgment that I made the very mistake I had just spent three days preaching about.

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