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Next Week/This Week: Mandatory Minimum Wages
The Observer politics team wraps up the week in local and national politics.
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Cuomo Commits Big Bucks to Infrastructure Projects, But Who’s Footing the Bill?
In a single week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo might have become one of the most prominent real estate developers in New York City.
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Artist Sells Shadows of Famous Sculptures, Francis Bacon Painting to...
The artist is selling the shadows for 1 percent of the price the originals fetched at auction.
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How Sheldon Silver Became a Convicted Felon Thanks to Shady Real Estate...
How Sheldon Silver rose to have so much sway over the real estate industry—and fell to become a convicted felon.
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Amid Donor Scandal, Cuomo Won’t Stop Taking Campaign Cash From State Contractors
"Why don't you just don't take any money? That's the simplest way to do it. You couldn't win office, but that's what you could do."
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An Opportunity for Greatness
In New York, perhaps the only subject that elicits virtually unanimous agreement is the complete inadequacy of Penn Station.
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Into the Breach With Amtrak’s New CEO
Amtrak CEO Wick Moorman talks about the future of New York Penn Station, train derailments, Gateway funding and Gov. Chris Christie.
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Christie Welcomes Amtrak Repairs at Penn Station
Delays will likely continue as Amtrak prepares to overhaul the station’s aging infrastructure.
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Amtrak CEO: ‘Two or Three Significant Outages’ During Summer Repairs
Moorman says repairs will be done by Labor Day
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NJ Lawmakers Question Amtrak’s Scheduling Decisions for Penn Station Repairs
Gordon, McKeon and others come out against leaked service outage schedule
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Cuomo’s Plea to Trump: Send Emergency Cash to Fix Penn Station—Or Let New...
"It would be transformative for this state and for the Northeast region, and we could get it done for him and we could get it done in real time."
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Commuters Facing 90-Minute Train Delays; NJ Transit Blames Amtrak
A series of urgent repairs at Penn Station will be hell on commuters this summer.
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Afternoon Bulletin: Power Outage Causes Major LIRR Delays, $450 Rikers...
Long Island Rail Road trains were suspended for several hours this morning after a power outage caused signal delays, resulting in delays of up to 90 minutes in and out of Penn Station and a miserable...
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Afternoon Bulletin: City Unemployment Rate Lowest in Seven Years and More
New York City’s unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4 percent, the lowest level in seven years, according to a report released today by the city comptroller. The city began to see a decrease in May,...
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Westchester County Executive Offers Cuomo Mental Health Services for...
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino—the 2014 Republican candidate for governor—today suggested Gov. Andrew Cuomo suffers from “insecurities,” and offered to help connect Mr. Cuomo with therapy....
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Cuomo Unveils Vision of ‘Biggest Construction Program In Our State’s History,...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that his second term would see the “biggest construction program in our state’s history, period”—and at the heart of it would be a remade Pennsylvania Station. In a...
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Andrew Cuomo Hints at How He Will Pay for His Massive Infrastructure Projects
Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued his tour of facilities slated for a major upgrade under his “Build to Lead” agenda today, and dropped clues about how he hoped to finance what he has called “the biggest...
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Cuomo Claims Amtrak Project He Once Refused to Get Behind Is Now ‘Desperately...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo once claimed that the dilapidated Amtrak shaft carrying commuters under the Hudson River from New Jersey into Manhattan was “not my tunnel” when the federal government asked to put...
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Cuomo Makes Headway on Revamping Moynihan Train Hall
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the start of major construction for the $1.6 billion redevelopment of the Farley Building into the Moynihan Train Hall, a new transportation hub, at a time when he is...
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Politics Should Not Doom the Gateway Tunnel Project
Everyone in New Jersey and New York knows that the new tunnel called the Gateway Project is an economic necessity. Everyone, that is, except President Donald Trump and maybe former Governor Chris...
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