#MTA calls for legislation protecting transit workers

#MTA calls for legislation protecting transit workers

“MTA calls for legislation protecting transit workers” The MTA and union officials are asking New York state lawmakers to pass a bill that would protect more transit workers from assaults before the legislative session ends, The Post has learned. In a letter to state Sen. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie…

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#Shakespeare’s apt words for Memorial Day

#Shakespeare’s apt words for Memorial Day

“Shakespeare’s apt words for Memorial Day” Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV, Scene iii),…

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#Hurricane Agatha heads for Mexico tourist towns

#Hurricane Agatha heads for Mexico tourist towns

“Hurricane Agatha heads for Mexico tourist towns” MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first hurricane of the season formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Sunday and rapidly gained power ahead of an expected strike along a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns. Hurricane Agatha could make landfall at close to major hurricane force Monday in…

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#Rangers-Hurricanes Game 7 means memorable moment inevitable

#Rangers-Hurricanes Game 7 means memorable moment inevitable

“Rangers-Hurricanes Game 7 means memorable moment inevitable” Reggie Jackson was holding court in the bright Northern California sunshine, engaging a small cadre of newspaper and radio folks around the batting cage at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. It was Oct. 21, 1973, and in a few hours Jackson’s Oakland A’s would host the Mets in Game 7…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2022” The Issue: Beto O’Rourke’s interruption of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s press conference on the school shooting. It took less than 24 hours for gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke to make a total ass of himself in Texas (“Beto points trigger finger at GOP pols,” May 26). Bodies were…

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