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NJ Transit and an engineers’ union look like steaming forward to the primary main rail strike in a long time beginning early Friday, at the same time as either side convene in Washington, D.C., the place they pledged to proceed negotiations. Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have been known as to the capital by federal arbitrators attempting to push the 2 sides to succeed in an settlement earlier than tons of of 1000’s of riders are impacted by a strike for the primary time since 1983. Although they’ve a number of days to succeed in an settlement,…

Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Pictures Workplace Bodegas are on each nook of New York Metropolis, there for us in any respect hours, and the bodegueros who service them change into our household. So, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit our metropolis, our bodegas had been a lifeline to our native communities. We relied on them for bathroom paper, snacks, diapers, and a way of group at a time of utmost uncertainty.    And whereas New York Metropolis has seen declines in main crimes, it’s necessary that we take extra steps to deal with the crimes our bodegueros proceed to face and provides them a approach contact 911 throughout…