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Eric Adams wants transit workers armed w/ tasers

"Here's a stunning idea — arming transit workers with Tasers so they can zap bad guys who menace them.
It’s the brainchild of state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn), who wants bus drivers, subway conductors and other transit workers to be able to protect themselves and passengers from crazy riders, criminals and even would-be terrorists.

Transport Workers Union Local 100 is supporting Adams’ legislative effort because it is tired of its members being “treated like punching bags” by irate riders, said the local’s president, John Samuelsen.
“Equipping and training our members to responsibly use Tasers will end the assaults that are currently plaguing our members,” Samuelsen said. “Additionally, it will act as a strong deterrent against crime against our riders on the buses and trains.”

Subway workers and bus drivers were physically assaulted 94 times last year, up from 72 recorded incidents the prior year, Metropolitan Transportation Authority data show. Transit workers were harassed, including being spit upon, 1,092 times last year, after 936 such incidents were logged in 2010.
Taser devices deliver a current of electricity that is designed to temporarily immobilize a subject."









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Water main break in lower Manhattan disrupts su...

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A 20-inch water main that dates back to 1898 ruptured in lower Manhattan early Thursday, disrupting subway service, authorities said.

The water main, which runs under West Broadway, broke between Chambers and Murray Sts. about 3:15 a.m., sending water surging up onto the street from a manhole and flooding subway tunnels with up to 4 feet of water, officials from the Department of Environmental Protection and Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

Service on the 1, 2 and 3 subway lines in lower Manhattan was suspended for several hours but had been partially restored as of 7 a.m.

"The water was pushing up on West Broadway. A 20-inch main is fairly sizable," said Jim Roberts, a deputy commissioner at the DEP. He said that a two-block area near the break would have disruptions in its water supply water and possibly electrical service through the morning.

Roberts said that while the cause of the break is still under investigation, the age of the pipe was likely a factor.

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MTA Chairman: No. 7 Subway Extension to NJ

MTA chairman Joe Lhota said a proposed extension of the No. 7 train subway line from Manhattan to New Jersey is "not going to happen in our lifetime. It's not going to happen in anybody's lifetime."

Lhota was speaking at a breakfast meeting of the New York Building Congress at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

He was asked about a trans-Hudson rail connection and what might fill the gap of the ARC Tunnel, a project killed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in late 2010.

Lhota said he favors Amtrak's proposed Gateway Tunnel project, which would bring Northeast Corridor trains from New Jersey through a tunnel under the river to an expanded Penn Station.

"I think it's really important to support that," he said.

The impetus for a No. 7 train extension comes from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who proposed the project last year.

"I've told the mayor this, I can't see that happening in our lifetime," Lhota said.

He added that he understood the project's appeal to some riders.

"Of course, New Jersey would like to have it because they think they can get across the Hudson for $2.25."

But then he reiterated his assessment of a subway to Secaucus: "Not a chance."


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Al Qaeda still after N.Y.C., NYPD chief Ray Kel...

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The ominous graphic posted on terrorism websites suggesting an Al Qaeda attack is yet another reminder that New York City is the No. 1 target for terrorists, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Tuesday.
“It’s not tied to any threat,” Kelly said. “But it’s obviously a cause of concern.
“It reminds us that New York is still very much on their (terrorists’) minds.”
The graphic, which depicts the New York skyline in movie-poster style, crossed the NYPD’s radar early Monday.

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