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  1. DOT Hits New York With $73.5 Million Funding Freeze Over Non-Domiciled CDL Violations

    DOT Hits New York With $73.5 Million Funding Freeze Over Non-Domiciled CDL Violations

    New York just got one of the biggest public warnings yet in the federal government's ongoing crackdown on non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses. On April 16, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that FMCSA is withholding $73,502,543 from the state after the agency determined...
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    New York bills would boost fines for illegal truck parking in NYC

    Multiple bills in the New York State Legislature cover concerns of certain New York City residents and businesses about trucks parked illegally. One bill awaiting consideration on the Senate floor covers concern about large trucks parked on New York City streets or boulevards. S2761 would...
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    Oversize trucks line up to deliver big payloads to New York

    WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Here is an abridged list of really big things that crossed the George Washington Bridge in the past few weeks: A flatbed piled with backyard sheds bound for Long Island. A 30-foot pleasure boat built by Wellcraft of Cadillac, Mich. One-half of a prefabricated house...
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    New York Times: Driver shortage because of depressed wages

    NEW YORK — The nation’s shortage of professional truck drivers has gained the attention of what is considered the nation’s most prestigious newspaper — The New York Times. In his column Economic Views, Neil Irwin, a senior economics correspondent for the newspaper, cites Swift Transportation’s...
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    carriers in western New York

    Hi, new member here ... I'm looking to possibly retire from teaching June 2014 after 32 years. I am leaning toward flatbedding at this point. I still have a wife at home and a child in college nearby, so I'd like to be home most weekends. I live south of Rochester, NY. Is it realistic to think...
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    New York bill renews pursuit to reclassify truckers

    By Keith Goble, Land Line state legislative editor A renewed effort at the New York statehouse continues a battle over reclassification of truck operators and parcel drivers underway in multiple states. Assemblyman Keith Wright, D-Manhattan, and Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, are behind...
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    New York ready to implement electronic inspections

    By Greg Grisolano, Land Line staff writer A federal program using cameras, electronic sensors and transponders to monitor and inspect trucks will be brought online this fall along New York’s Interstate 84 corridor. Officials with the New York State Department of Transportation said the goal of...
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    New York bill would change interstate exit numbering

    Truckers and other drivers traveling through New York state could soon notice some signage changes along interstates. Sen. Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, has introduced a bill to change how the state numbers its interstate exits. The state now uses chronological numbers for interstate exits. The...
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    Not again: New York bill would mandate snow-free vehicles

    A few months after the state of New Jersey began enforcing a law to keep snow and ice off trucks and other vehicles, a New York state lawmaker is trying to do the same across the state line. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and countless truck drivers are opposed to such rules...
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    New York Thruway to increase tolls in 2009 and 2010

    The New York Thruway Authority Board of Directors voted to increase tolls by 5 percent in 2009 and an additional 5 percent in 2010 despite political pressure and the urging of the state comptroller to hold off on the increases. The vote on Friday, April 25, came just a few months after the board...
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