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The Yankees still have a chance to finish the season strong as they head back to the Bronx this week, but a new MetroNorth station built to serve the new ballpark in the Bronx came up a little short of expectations. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has ...

Cab rides got 50-cents more expensive over the weekend, though you may not have noticed unless you were paying close attention. (Many cabs are still driving around with their old door decals, advertising a $2.50 initial fare.)

One driver, ...

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Today's the deadline for a new payroll tax that the region's employers will have to pay. It's the final piece of the rescue plan for the MTA that the state legislature approved in May. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: Richard Ravitch, who's now lieutenant governor, ...

When Richard Ravitch (now lieutenant governor) unveiled his MTA bailout plan last December, he said he wanted to spread the pain equally. That's why he proposed tolls on the East River bridge. Car drivers benefit from mass transit too, ...

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Two new taxes intended to help the MTA are going into effect this Sunday and Monday. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has the details.

REPORTER: The taxes were devised last spring as the legislature looked for ways to bail out the ailing MTA. Starting Sunday, all cab and ...

Mayor Bloomberg has been redefining New York’s streets as places to walk and ride bicycles, not just drive. He’s turned Times Square into a pedestrian zone, introduced traffic calming measures and added 200 miles of bike lanes in the past three years. Some New Yorkers have balked at these changes. ...

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Mayor Bloomberg has been redefining New York’s streets as places to walk and ride bicycles, not just drive. He’s turned Times Square into a pedestrian zone, introduced traffic calming measures and added 200 miles of bike lanes in the past three years. Some New Yorkers ...

A new report argues that the Bloomberg administration's attempts to keep manufacturing jobs in New York City are coming up short.

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A new report argues that the Bloomberg administration's attempts to keep manufacturing jobs in New York City are coming up short. A loophole is allowing hotels and bowling alleys to locate in places the Mayor set aside for wood shops and bakeries. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman ...

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The official unemployment rate for New York City has climbed to 10.3 percent, higher than at any point in the last 16 years. It is also higher than the national unemployment rate. WNYC continues its series of profiles of the region's jobless:

FRIEDMAN: I'm currently unemployed. ...

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The MTA's new chairman is proposing to spend up to a half-million dollars for technological advice from his old employer - Transport for London. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: Jay Walder served as a top executive at London's transit agency until 2006. He's proposing a ...

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A watchdog group is urging the MTA to scale back its request for more capital funding, saying officials won't be able spend the money quickly enough.

The transit agency has asked Albany to approve a $26-billion capital plan to spend on new train cars, station rehabilitation ...

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The Bloomberg administration's plan to turn a former armory in the Bronx into a shopping mall was approved by the City Planning Commission, eight to four.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Junior led the opposition to the project. He wants the developer, The Related Companies, to ...

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West Side IRT express service is disrupted today, thanks to a train derailment at Park Place. No.1 local service is running, though with delays, but there are no 2 or 3 trains between 14th Street and Nevins Street in Brooklyn, and few of them are ...

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Atlantic Yards opponents filed another lawsuit in state court today to block the project.

Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn and 19 other Brooklyn groups say the latest agreement between the state and developer Forest City Ratner will keep at least some of the footprint in a blighted ...

Ironworkers without work: Ronwanori Stacy, Pete Herman, and Steve Stacy, left to right. (Matthew Schuerman)

New York City’s official unemployment rate has reached 10.3 percent, the highest since 1993. Some experts believe the real rate is much higher. WNYC will be bringing you stories about some of the people behind those numbers. Today, reporter Matthew Schuerman rides along with union ironworkers in their daily search for work.

REPORTER: At 5:45am, Pete Herman is waiting on the curb on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. Two friends of his drive up in a car.

They’re all unemployed ironworkers, and they’re headed to their union hall. The guy driving, Steve Stacy, and his 23-year-old son, Ronwanori, are Mohawk Indians. Mohawks have been ironworkers in New York City since at least the Great Depression. But Steve and Ronwanori have been out of work since July. Pete Herman hasn’t worked since February.

HERMAN: When this tanked, this tanked.

REPORTER: Local 361’s headquarters is in Ozone Park, Queens, about 40 minutes away. Steve Stacy, who’s driving, says you never know where the day’s work might take you.

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New York City’s official unemployment rate has reached 10.3 percent, the highest since 1993. Some experts believe the real rate is much higher. WNYC will be bringing you stories about some of the people behind those numbers. Today, reporter Matthew Schuerman rides along with union ...

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New York State’s highest court is now considering the fate of the Atlantic Yards development. The project – six years in the making – was summed up in a mere 50 minutes yesterday. The decision by the seven judge panel could affect whether local governments ...

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This afternoon, the state's highest court will hear from tenants and property owners in the footprint of the state-backed Atlantic Yards project. They're challenging the legality of the Brooklyn development. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has this preview.

REPORTER: The state's constitution, like the federal one, says government ...

Another round of arbitration talks begin this week on the pace of construction at the World Trade Center site.