Friday Links
Clash Over the Effectiveness of a New Fire Dispatch System [NY Times] Fly in the Owls! Loughlin Goes Hogwarts [NY Times] Yards Opponents Looking for Boost from Columbia Ruling [NY Post] MTA Looks to Slash Bus and Subway Routes [NY Daily News] Manhattan Beach Security Patrol to Disband [NY Daily News] Bike Lane Painters to…

Clash Over the Effectiveness of a New Fire Dispatch System [NY Times]
Fly in the Owls! Loughlin Goes Hogwarts [NY Times]
Yards Opponents Looking for Boost from Columbia Ruling [NY Post]
MTA Looks to Slash Bus and Subway Routes [NY Daily News]
Manhattan Beach Security Patrol to Disband [NY Daily News]
Bike Lane Painters to Plead Not Guilty [Brooklyn Paper]
The ‘Tallest’ Brooklyner Opens to Fanfare [Brooklyn Eagle]
The correct link: http://bk.ly/81
It’s scary that firemen could be dispatched to an incorrect location. With fires, obviously time is of the essence.
Fire Dispatch System link is wrong.
Even with 2010 service cuts, the MTA will have to find other ways to plug the sudden budget gap, sources said.
“We’re not going to rely on anyone else to do anything for us. We’re going to rely on ourselves,” MTA board member Mitchell Pally said.
It’s very easy, really. Like the rest of the country, cut the wages of the employees, including management.