Today’s Headlines

• Empire Center: Hefty Labor Costs Strain MTA Budget (TU, News, Post)
• Cuomo Ducks Responsibility for the MTA’s Woes (Capital) and the Post Is Not Impressed
• Will the MTA Build Future Phases of Second Ave Subway If It Can’t Afford To? (Gotham Gazette)
• TLC Weighs $4.50 Evening Rush Hour Surcharge for JFK Trips to Encourage Cabbies (Post, News)
• Mark-Viverito, Rodriguez Took in Cash From Taxi Interests Before Backing Uber Cap Proposal (Post)
• Latest Round of Woodhaven Bus Lanes Coming Later This Month (Times Newsweekly)
• Advance Somehow Thinks It’s a Good Thing There Are No SBS Bus Lanes on 86th Street
• Councilman Matteo and BP Oddo Have a “Solution” for S.I. Traffic: New Roads (Advance)
• In Response to Tribeca Proposal, CB 1 Committee Members Grumble About Plazas (Downtown Express)
• DSNY Wants Garage to Store Trash Trucks Off Streets, But Kips Bay NIMBYs Oppose It (WCBS)
• LES Driver Charged With Assault After Knocking Down Woman With Car During Argument (DNA)
• Illegally-Parked SUV Blocks Ambulance on Hamilton Heights Side Street (News)

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