Ruth Golod

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Contractors’ delays are forcing more people to take refuge in hotels and corporate apartments or with family and friends.

As if you have not heard, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) union workers are threatening a strike if a deal is not struck between workers and the MTA by midnight tonight. Estimates put the costs of such a strike at one half of a billion dollars every day. That is some serious cake. ABC reports that it would be impossible for the city’s immense business world to function without the almost 5,000 buses and more than 8,250 operating. This was evident after Sept. 11th, 2001, when the MTA rushed to get transit services back into operation soon after that tragic day. Four out of 5 workers who work in New York’s central business district, get on a bux or subway to commute during rush hour, according to the MTA. Hopefully, they will reach an agreetment and we can all put this behind us.