archived post from VIC-NYC@columbia.edu, the emailing list of VICUG NYC
From: oedipus@hicom.net
To: vic-nyc@columbia.edu
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:50 +0000
Subj: VICUG-NYC MTA workers to report to work at 4pm (3:31 PM 12/22/2005)
at 3:28PM today, Mayor Bloomberg addressed the media
to ask transit workers to report for their next shift,
which begins at 4PM. however, this does not mean that
the system will be a full capacity today, or even
tomorrow. the mayor estimated that buses could be
running as early as tonight, but estimated that rail
services would take 10 to 18 hours to be restored.
while the situation remains fluid and uncertain as to
when regular services will be resumed, the mayor made
it clear that the city's strike contingency plans are
expected to end at midnight, tonight - that is, 12AM
12/23/2005 - pending the success of the call for MTA
workers to return to work.
keep an eye, ear, and/or finger on the following for
the latest info:
* VICUG NYC Mass Transit Strike Information page:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/mta_strike_info.html
* City of New York's Strike Contingency Plan Page:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/transitinfo/html/home.shtml
* Metropolitan Transit Authority Strike page:
http://www.mta.info/strike/index.html
and, of course, there is always the official NYC government
information hotline, which can be reached by dialing 311;
311 can be accessed outside of the 5 buroughs by dialling:
1 212 639 9675, and there is a TTY interface available at:
1 212 504 4115
as with the mayor's previous statement slash news conference,
i will add a copy of the transcript of the mayor's latest
comments, as well as a link to the audio transcript (in
MP3 format) to the VICUG NYC web site when it becomes
available - to read or listen to the mayor's statement
from yesterday, go to:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/bloomberg_mta_12-21-05.html
and (again in the interest of equal time slash fair play),
you can find a link to the union head's reply on the
VICUG NYC Mass Transit Strike Information page:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/mta_strike_info.html
(note that the only reason i did not include a direct URL
into this post is that it is in a long, unorthodox format
that might not display correctly in all email clients)
gregory.
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Created December 22, 2005
Last updated December 22, 2005