SimonLok

@6 - arizona, texas and california were inhospitable desert areas back in those days. They are not what they are today. There were a few thousand people there, not millions at that time. ...

this guy is part of the problem for the nypd. it is why they are resented more than respected by many. ...

Wow, guess the only people to get screwed here is the rider who will have to absorb even higher fares if this actually stands. Gotta love this city, its no wonder nothing can get done and costs always...

At least you did the right thing here. Now make this furlough stick or at least get some real concessions. The legislature is completely useless....

problem is these guys already pay 50% of the taxes the state and city bring in... if even a relatively small percentage decide to leave to avoid the already punitive level of tax in NY, then we are in...

Sorry, I have to disagree. Bankers aren't doing us many favors, but the labor unions of today are doing nothing but bankrupting the states and wont do anything to help the problem. Meanwhile hard work...

We in the middle class or aspiring middle class get pillaged coming and going. We have the wall streeters on one side attacking our retirement savings and the unions on the other side holding us hosta...

go for it Paterson... at least go out doing something right. These contracts are bankrupting the state and also putting enormous strain on people trying to pay their already ridiculously high NYS taxe...

this is a case of no way to get any efficiencies out of labor and huge pension costs which get larger by the year. Not really any solution as this will continue to be a problem in perpetuity until tha...

isn't the TWU such an altruistic institution?! Particularly when it doesn't cost them anything. Strangely they have no problem letting people rot when they decide to pull a strike... give me a break....

Who the F is complaining about things being broken. How about getting rid of 50% of the idiots on the state payroll and leaving the residents of NYS alone... oh no, we can't do that. Lets just chase m...

If they dont take the time to cut the lard out of city gov't now, which it looks like they are saying, we're doomed here if there is another leg down. I cant stand our politicians in NY. ...

If you take out the government jobs that were "saved/creates" job losses are still devastating every month. There is no real rebound... it's all based on borrowed money being poured into the economy, ...

exactly......

I don't see Ravitch protecting the taxpayers of NY. He is in bed with too many special interests. ...