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Dec 20, 2005 11:17

New York transit is on strike. Ouch!

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letitbe December 21 2005, 05:15:07 UTC

This might surprise you, but I support the transit union and think that our mayor is a stubborn idiot.

saw December 21 2005, 05:28:09 UTC

Is that really a mayor's decision? What about the MTA?

letitbe December 21 2005, 05:54:45 UTC

MTA is a municipal agency with about a billion dollars in annual surplus. Their estimated savings from the new pension plan would total about 20 million over the next three years. The city is losing about half a billion per day. Now, can you tell me if the mayor (along with the governor) had any reason to condone MTA's actions that led to a strike?

Read more on the issue in New York Times online.