WEST SIDE LIBRARIES BRACE FOR CUTS

Written by admin on June 23, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Rochana Rapkins The New York City Public Library could face devastating cuts if Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed $37 million reduction in library funding is adopted. In addition to jobs lost through attrition, 736 additional library jobs could be eliminated, according to Susan Singer, a library manager at the Bloomingdale branch, on West 100th Street.
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Bus Routes Spared, But Service Cuts Possible

Written by admin on February 10, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

New York City Transit released a new plan for service cuts Jan. 21, with the goal of saving $77.6 million. Upper West Side residents will bear less of the pain they would have endured under the old plan, proposed in December 2009. In the revised cuts, the M10 bus line that runs on Central Park
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MTA CUTS TO WS STATIONS

Written by admin on September 2, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

West Side subway stations are about to get a little lonelier for straphangers. The MTA, which has targeted stations for staff cutbacks, has detailed proposed changes that will reduce the number of subway employees. “The plan to reduce staffing in subway station and to eliminate some secondary full-time agent booths is a part of New
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