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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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The MTA had wanted to put an end to benefits like the ones that give engineers double pay when they drive both electric and diesel trains on the same shifts.
Published May 23, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET
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