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Keeping track: 5/24/06

OT, Oy Vey: The transit strike cost the NYPD $10.4 million in overtime, lower than first thought. A City Council oversight hearing today is set to address walkout costs with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.  [amNewYork]

FireMilestone for victim: The bike-riding firefighter, left, who was struck by a private bus during the December transit walkout was finally released from the hospital today. [AP via amNewYork]

On-time almost every time: Metro-North trains set an on-time performance record in April — 99% of the commuter trains showed up when they were supposed to. [amNewYork]

Subway plot conviction: A Pakistani immigrant was convicted of planning to blow up the Herald Square subway station.  [AP via amNewYork] 

Train to the plane: A takeout on the politics behind the quest for a downtown-JFK rail link. [The New York Observer]

-- Rolando Pujol

Photo of Firefighter Matthew Long by  Howard Schnapp

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