#Man arrested for making threats to NYC synagogues

#Man arrested for making threats to NYC synagogues

“Man arrested for making threats to NYC synagogues” An unhinged 22-year-old man has been arrested for making threats to Big Apple synagogues, sources said. The suspect, Christopher Brown, was collared at the Long Island Rail Road platform at Penn Station late Friday night, carrying weapons and a Nazi armband recovered in his bag, the sources…

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#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in 0B budget

#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget

“Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget” Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers quietly delivered a gift to public employee unions — by partially rolling back the decade-old pension reforms that curbed runaway costs to taxpayers and overtime abuse, The Post has learned. The rollbacks were tucked into the record-breaking $220 billion election-year state…

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#MTA ‘shifting priorities’ put overtime reforms ‘at risk’

#MTA ‘shifting priorities’ put overtime reforms ‘at risk’

“#MTA ‘shifting priorities’ put overtime reforms ‘at risk’” The MTA’s antiquated overtime system continues to work OT for cash-grab scams as the agency’s $31 million effort to curtail potential payroll pilfering is “at-risk,” according to the agency’s Inspector General. The multi-million effort to prevent overtime abuse is failing as officials slow-roll the integration of modern…

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#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection

#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection

“#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection” Modern dance, film screenings and perhaps knitting classes will enliven the outdoor scene at 175 Park Ave., the cloudbusting skyscraper that’s proposed to replace the widely unloved Grand Hyatt Hotel on East 42nd Street. The fun fests are planned for public-accessible terraces on three sides of the tower….

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#7K in engagment rings returned by LIRR condutor

#$107K in engagment rings returned by LIRR condutor

“#$107K in engagment rings returned by LIRR condutor”  A very honest LIRR conductor is being honored as a real gem. Assistant Long Island Rail Road Conductor Jonathan Yellowday turned in a plastic bag holding $107,000 in jewelry that he found on a train, the MTA said on Friday. Jonathan Yellowday found the tray of engagement…

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#LIRR to test North America’s first battery-powered trains

#LIRR to test North America’s first battery-powered trains

“#LIRR to test North America’s first battery-powered trains” The Long Island Rail Road plans to test-run some of its trains on battery power, officials said Monday — something they said has never been done by a North American commuter railroad before. Officials have hired Alstom Transport to test the feasibility of retrofitting rail cars to…

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