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"We’re ready to talk about wage increases ... but we need to have a serious discussion figuring out how to pay for them through collaborative productivity improvements, which are very achievable," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said on March 25.

The combined wage and schedule increases are projected to increase annual earnings by roughly 40 percent during the next two and a half years. Longevity and performance bonuses were both doubled, and members will now earn an additional $1 per hour when training new employees.

The largest businesses stand to reap the biggest bucks as the Trump administration begins to return more than $166 billion in duties deemed illegal by the Supreme Court.

Melville Crossing is proposed to consist of seven four-story buildings, four three-story buildings, three one-story retail buildings, and a 6,300-square-foot clubhouse.

Thermal energy networks are emission-free infrastructure projects that use water-filled pipes to transfer heat for heating and cooling. Some networks include geothermal energy, which uses the temperature of the Earth for heating and cooling.

Island Harvest Food Bank and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) are partnering in the 34th “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive on Saturday, May 9.