The other day we examined why Law & Order: SVU’s Christopher Meloni should play Eliot Spitzer in the Lifetime Original Movie about the New York gubernatorial prostitution scandal.

True Stories of Law & Order: SVU - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit - The Sixth Year

A reader then posted a comment asking who was [...]

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Staying out late in the city on Sunday nights might not seem so appealing to most Metro-North commuters, but as the reverse commute grows there are a lot more of you who actually live there to begin with.
If you do, and are looking for something different on Sunday Nights - you might want to check [...]

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Spokesmen for the Army and Mayor Bloomberg specifically stated that the Times Square bombing was a direct insult to all of our troops - that may or may not necessarily be the case.
Photo: Sarah Baker
“The fact that this appears deliberately directed at the recruiting station insults every one of our brave men and women around [...]

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METRO-NORTH NEW HAVEN LINE COMMUTERS SLOWLY MAKE THEIR WAY HOME.
At 7 PM a New Haven Line StationStops.com reader sent this photo from their train, just prior to stopping in Port Chester:

7 PM: Harlem Building Collapse / Metro-North Grand Central Station Delays TIMELINE:

Earlier today, a building at 124th st began to partially [...]

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Similar Merritt Foolishness from 2006

Trucks are not allowed on the Merritt Parkway.
Seriously.
Trucks. Are. Not. Allowed. On. The. Merritt. Parkway.
Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations

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When we manage to stay on topic here at StationStops (which is rare), we generally talk about Metro-North. Quite honestly, we Connecticut folk dont know much regardin’ no high-fallutin’ futuristic ‘40-year-plans for outer borough subway expansion’.
But our friends at SecondAvenue Sagas do, and they were on the scene for Elliot Sander’s ‘State of the MTA’ [...]

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For those of us Metro-North commuters who like to stick around after work and have a little fun before catching the train home, having a place to crash in the city is a great safety valve if things get out of hand.

But if you are one of the unlucky few to not keep your [...]

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