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In an unrelated strike in summer 1980, PATH employees went on strike for 81 days. [33] It was one of the longest strikes in the PATH's history. [34] The strike inspired rappers Duke Bootee and Melle Mel to write the song "The Message", which was recorded by Melle's group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and released in 1982 on the Sugar ...
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers.
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The true sources of power in New York became clear, a point that would be further driven home by 1967 and 1968 teachers strikes and a 1968 strike by sanitation workers. [3] By the time Lindsay ran for re-election in 1969 as the candidate of the Liberal Party of New York , he had made his peace with the public sector unions, and ultimately won ...
See also commons:New York City Subway timeline, Talk:Transportation to Coney Island, Talk:Brooklyn Bridge. Dates verified against the New York Times are indicated by [NYT article date]. A few are from official service notices; those are linked. Other dates are from various sources and may be inaccurate. Closing dates are the last day service ran.
Amid a flurry of high-profile crime stories, New York City subway riders are voicing concerns about their safety, suggesting that violence on train cars is becoming a looming issue in the Big Apple.
Subway surveillance images show Sebastian Zapeta-Calil leaving the car as the woman burns to death. Surely, someone would have thrown their coat over her, ran to look for water, screamed at her to ...
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