Matthew Schuerman

Another round of arbitration talks begin this week on the pace of construction at the World Trade Center site.

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Another round of arbitration begins this week in the fight over the World Trade Center site. This time, developer Larry Silverstein is arguing he's getting financially hurt by the Port Authority's delays. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports:

REPORTER: Silverstein took the issue to binding arbitration this summer ...

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Subway riders should expect more subway disruptions than usual this weekend because of heavy track work. New York City Transit says there will be delays or diversions on 17 subway lines. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: Along certain stretches, shuttle buses will replace the subway, ...

MTA Chairman Jay Walder (left) and No. 7 General Line Manager John Hoban (right)

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The new MTA chairman, Jay Walder, begins his first day of work this morning. He'll meet and greet straphangers at the Main Street stop of the Number 7 line at 9 o'clock, and then ride the subway to the MTA's midtown headquarters.

Walder grew up in ...

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Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has indicted six alleged mafia members who worked for the city's Buildings Department. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: The indictment says there are 19 buildings in Manhattan and the Bronx where inspectors fudged permits or lifted stop work orders in ...

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The MTA says a new federal law is forcing it to spend $700 million over the next five years to install an automatic braking system on commuter rail roads. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: After a train crash last September killed twenty-five people north of ...

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Even as construction activity has slowed throughout the city the Bloomberg administration reports the number of accidents and on-the-job injuries have climbed sharply. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.

REPORTER: The number of construction accidents rose by 72 percent in this fiscal year compared to last. The number ...

Supporters of a proposed development in Nassau County say they’ve found the answer to suburban sprawl: a concentrated mixture of apartments, offices and retail spaces called The Lighthouse at Long Island. There’s just one hitch: How to get there.

WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman has this report.

REPORTER: The head of Nassau County’s government, Tom Suozzi, is driving through Garden City, Long Island, a wealthy enclave with five-bedroom homes set back from tree-lined streets.

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Supporters of a proposed development in Nassau County say they’ve found the answer to suburban sprawl: a concentrated mixture of apartments, offices, and retail called the Lighthouse at Long Island. There’s just one hitch: How to get there. WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman has this report.

REPORTER: The ...

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New York City Transit is making its most comprehensive assault on subway noise in years. A committee will coordinate and expand the ways the agency is trying to decrease noise.

REPORTER: The subway system regularly takes steps to mitigate noise, by lubricating wheels at sharp turns ...

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Developer Bruce Ratner is selling a majority stake in the New Jersey Nets basketball team to a Russian billionaire. Ratner and his fellow investors have agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in the Nets for 200 million dollars. That's a considerable loss -- Ratner ...

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Opponents of the Atlantic Yards development project are saying that a new agreement makes it impossible for developer Bruce Ratner to finish the entire project in 10 years. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.

REPORTER: Ratner maintains he can build the project in 10 years, and the state's ...

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The state economic development agency has given final approval to a revised plan for the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.

The developer behind the project, Bruce Ratner, says he hopes to complete the basketball arena, apartments and office space in 10 years. ...

This year, the readers were volunteers who worked at Ground Zero after the towers collapsed. Mayor Bloomberg says their actions buoyed people's hopes.

"No one stopped to ask, if I can only do a little, should I bother doing anything at all? Each act is a link ...

Last year, family members of the victims of the September 11th attacks walked down a long ramp into the bottom of the pit at Ground Zero. This year they can't do that for the simple reason the pit no longer exists. That's good news for those impatient with slow progress ...