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Even if the “pause” on disbursing the funds proves short, critical services covered by these funds still need to be provided around the clock all across the country.

Yeldell is among the millions of fast food workers across the U.S. scraping to get by. About two-thirds of them are women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and many are supporting their families on minimum wages set at the federal government's floor of $7.25 an hour.

The Costco Teamsters National Master Agreement, which expires on Jan. 31, covers more than 18,000 workers nationwide.

Long Island, which once received 23% of DOT capital funding, now gets less than 10%. That dramatic cut has taken a toll, leaving our region’s infrastructure strained and in desperate need of repair.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has acquired property at an industrial park near Long Island Rail Road tracks in East Yaphank, taking a major step forward in plans to relocate the little-used Yaphank train station, officials said.