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Update On The Transit Strike: Headed To Court

With a promised strike less than 48 hours away, the Transport Workers Union was planning to seek a court order Sunday against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — claiming that the agency was breaking state law by demanding changes in pension benefits for new hires, a union lawyer said.

There were no reports of progress following talks between the two sides on Saturday, and commuters were making plans for a possible shutdown of the nation’s largest mass transit system at the height of the Christmas rush.

According to Walter Meginniss Jr., the union planned to file the complaint with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board, The New York Times reported on its Web site Sunday.

Update on the looming Subway Strike

For the time being there is no Transit strike, but the possibility that there may be one is still a possibility. MTA officials and Labor Union officials stayed at the table till well passed the 12:00am dead line, they were there till 4:30am and an announcement on what is going on is scheduled for 6:00am.

If there were to be a strike, it would severely disrupt the ability for all those that go out on Mivtzoim every Friday, since the police are going to enact a rule that if there were to be a strike, the only way to get into a city would be in a car with 4 or more people. And due to the fact that Shabbos comes in very early, walking isn’t really a practical option.

For the time being (5:30am) all the buses and trains are still running properly.

UPDATE: The union leader just announced that there will be a series of strikes starting with private bus lines. This is a very cryptic message but what I think we can safely assume that all buses and trains will be running properly.

UPDATED: Tzivos Hashem’s 25th anniversary and Hachnosas Safer Torah

Yesterday [Sunday] a dinner was held in honor of the Tzivos Hashem Organizations 25th anniversary, and the ceremony of the completion of a Sefer Torah written for the Shul in the museum and was donated by Dr. Esther Benenson “The mother of Tzivos Hashem”. The event was attended by board members and employees of the museum and family, as well as local politicians and our brass of the NYPD’s 71st Precinct.

The event opened up with the completion of the writing of the Sefer Torah, and the dancing with the torah out in the freezing cold around a few blocks. Then the crowd moved back into the museum for a beautiful and delicious buffet dinner with a variety of different food to choose from.

And for the last part of the event, there was a round of special presentations of their work here in the United States and abroad, specifically the USSR, from schools to shelters and orphanages. One of the entertainers was Bruce Adler a world famous singer and entertainer who brought back memories of his childhood and the radio station WEVD the only radio station in Yiddish! Another of the presentations was from the Friendship Circle where 2 special children made a brief speech thanking the organizers and counselors for their work and effort they put into the program and how much it means to them.

An extensive gallery is now online with 160 beautiful pictures of the event! Enjoy!

UPDATE: Bandits rob Brooklyn post office

Three armed bandits stormed into a Crown Heights post office just before dawn Tuesday, forcing workers to the ground, then running off with at least several thousand dollars, according to the U.S. Postal Service.

As the suspects fled the James E. Davis Post Office, they slammed an incoming employee to the ground, but she suffered only a minor shoulder injury, officials said. The facility, closed Tuesday as officials investigated the crime scene, is scheduled to be open Wednesday.

The 5:40 a.m. robbery comes nearly a year after the Foch Boulevard post office in South Ozone Park was robbed.