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The U.S. should write standards for GPS-connected devices used by truck and bus drivers to stop them from hitting low bridges after driving onto restricted roads, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said. Truckers following faulty directions by global positioning systems devices have hit bridges in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County more than 200 […]

Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — Truck drivers following faulty directions by GPS-connected devices have hit bridges in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County more than 200 times in the past two years, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said. The U.S. Transportation Department should investigate a “dramatic increase” in low-bridge strikes and write U.S. standards for […]

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Sandhogs working on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access megaproject broke through the final piece of reinforced concrete separating newly built tunnels in Queens from newly built tunnels in Manhattan. In so doing, they created a continuous tunnel running more than 3.5 miles from a cavern 12 stories underneath Grand Central Terminal […]

As its profile increases, the New York City Board of Education has to deal with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in public schools whether they like it or not. Last week, a student at P.S. 41 on Staten Island had a PCB ballast leak directly onto her. Once her teacher noticed, she alerted the authorities who, after […]

Photo by Christina Santucci Long Island City players practice on the field at their school. By Joseph Staszewski TimesLedger Newspapers Long Island City girls’ soccer practices at the school involve avoiding cones, but have nothing to do with the players dribbling through and around them. “Part of the field where the carpet comes up, it’s […]

Photo by Christina Santucci Long Island City players practice on the field at their school. By Joseph Staszewski TimesLedger Newspapers Long Island City girls’ soccer practices at the school involve avoiding cones, but have nothing to do with the players dribbling through and around them. “Part of the field where the carpet comes up, it’s […]

NEW YORK — Manhattan and Queens have never been closer. The MTA broke down a final concrete wall Thursday to create a new Long Island Railroad tunnel between Grand Central Terminal and Sunnyside, Queens. The tunnel is part of the MTA’s $8.24 billion East Side Access project, scheduled to finish in 2019. The ambitious plan features […]