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In April 1986, the New York City Transit Authority began to study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership. The segments are primarily located in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a total of 79 stations, and 45 miles of track, for a total of 6.5 percent of the system.
The 2012 contract with LAZ Parking (which was not its first [76]) was terminated in 2017 after employees were discovered "skimming" revenue; the company paid $5.5 million to settle the case. [77] A new contract with stronger performance incentives and anti-fraud penalties was then awarded to Republic Parking System of Tennessee.
The teams would keep 96% of ticket revenues and 100% of all other revenues, not pay sales tax or property tax on the stadium, and would get low-cost electricity from New York state. [19] Business officials criticized the plan as giving too much money to successful teams with little reason to move to a different city.
Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Loop business district. Operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation ...
Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916, in the neighborhood of La Jolla in San Diego, California, [ 2 ][ 3 ] to Bernice Mae "Bunny" (née Ayres; 1894–1992), and Gregory Pearl Peck (1886–1962), a Rochester, New York –born chemist and pharmacist. His father was of English (paternal) and Irish (maternal) heritage, [ 4 ][ 5 ] and his ...
Stony Brook is the largest single-site employer on Long Island; over 25,500 students are enrolled at the university, which has over 15,000 employees and over 2,850 faculty. [15] Stony Brook's intercollegiate athletic teams have competed in Division I of the NCAA since 1999 as the Seawolves.
Jacqueline Lee " Jackie " Kennedy Onassis[a] (née Bouvier / ˈbuːvieɪ /; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of president John F. Kennedy. A popular first lady, she endeared herself to the American public with her ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [ a ] and national origin. [ 4 ] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements ...