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Heh, even the MTA employee interviewed in the article thinks it's absurd to spend that much money on uniforms.

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You are right. I misread that line in haste. Thanks for the correction.

dave,

this is a quote from the subway uniform link:

NYC Transit spokeswoman Deirdre Parker said the per-worker cost was approximately $738, and the total cost $2,583,245.

why did your point state "a little more than 2,500 a worker"?

Oh, I know who the boss is, and I know it's not me. But there comes a time when a man's got to draw a line, and naked Hillary is one of those times.

That is the second christmas that dog has lead Gothamist...

and its not even a New York City DOG.

In other news, a hedgefund manager and daughter who were in a plane crash in Panama has been found both dead and

at the SF Zoo, a tiger killed a visitor.

Keeping it real on Christmas eve because homies take no holidays, know what I'm sayin'?

I guess we know who the real boss is!

i wanted to use this shot for extra, extra today-- but i guess dave overruled me!

Are MTA employees being fitted for Armani suits?

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5 shootings and 4 deaths. Merry god damn Christmas everyone!

5 shootings and 4 deaths. Merry god damn Chirstmas everyone!

People have been crossing the tracks at various points of the Little Neck train station, even during rush hour with the barriers down, for at least the last thirty years.

Last time I looked, the third rail protectors at the Great Neck end were sagging from all the traffic it's endured over the years from both Little Neck residents of the immediate neighborhood as well as the commuters who drive in and park on 255th street and then duck through the wire fence to walk up to the tracks, cross them into the parking lot, and then climb the stairs of the overpass onto the Manhattan bound train (or vice versa).

There are even some residents parallel to the station who have had gates built into their backyard fences that open onto the area behind the platform, for direct access!

They have all counted on the blaring horns to warn them to either step up their pace as they cross the tracks, or hide momentarily as the train passes.

As for the trains that blast their horns as they approach Little Neck station, I guess that just means they've given up on trying to protect the morons that cross the tracks both at the crossing and between stations -- and that includes my own parents!

I wonder if the mortality rate till go up now. I'll tell my parents not to count on hearing the train horns anymore. And make sure I'm in their will.

(We lived across the street from the station, and we got used to the horns blowing. Never lost any sleep because of the express trains going through.)