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Cabs May Strike Over City Plan to Require GPS
Elizabeth Baclar reports on New York City taxi drivers' threat to strike if the city refuses to impose a fuel surcharge for fares and abandon its plan to require global positioning devices in every taxi.
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Hybrid-Electric Cars Approved as Taxis
Kerstin Costa reports on how the New York City Council and Taxi and Limousine Commission aim to reduce pollution and gas use by approving the use of hybrid-electric cars as Taxis.
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Busted Fire Hydrants Cost the City Big Bucks
Tom Lane talks with a Washington Heights community board member about her proposal to build more sprinkler systems in an effort to stop residents from opening fire hydrants to cool off.
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Seniors Unaware of Medicare's New Plan For Prescription Drugs
Derek Tang visits the Elmhurst-Jackson Heights Senior Center and finds out residents know little about "Part D", Medicare's new prescription drug coverage program.
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Garbage Stink Up Brighton Beach
Olga Kuznetsova visits local businesses in Little Russia who are fed up with smelling garbage in their neighborhood and are taking steps to clean it up.
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Street Vendor Crack Down in Queens
Erika Beras reports on how the city is getting tougher on sidewalk vendors and food truck operators in Queens, enforcing regulations and increasing fines for license violations.
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East Harlem Hopes Automall Will Hire Locally
Alessandro Rampietti investigates an East Harlem automall developer's promise to hire local residents when it opens next month.
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Harlem Renovates Mart 125
Elsa Heidorn reports on a 4.4 million dollar project to renovate an empty retail space across from the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
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Greenroof Graces Hunts Point Building
Kendra MacLeod looks into whether rooftop gardens are a cost-effective way for the city to deal with urban environmental issues.
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South Bronx Combats High Teacher Turnover
Nina Gregory reports on a new program in the South Bronx that recruits experienced teachers and pays them become mentors to new teachers.
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Bush Proposes African Burial Ground as National Monument
Nneka Nwosu looks into President Bush's proposal to make the gravesite of over 400 slaves in lower Manhattan, a National Monument.
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