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A2 iP Long Island iprej 4 'w 5 Vtr kh vt i-afr- ik Monday December 15 201 jFtsF'JakteH miriV JM1 i 114 4 Vjfc lrtkt-fMPh -vXfli'''Stt VfeV iM WEATHER Wintery mix today with highs in the low 40s Partly cloudy skies tonight and into tomorrow with lows near 30 Page A37 ft '1 DADT i I wtifr V'S Staying Power Catherine Russell has starred in the Terfect for I6V2 years or 6892 performances AirTrain provides another option for JFK passengers By Joie Tyrrell STAFF WRITES Victoria Genna IN BUSINESS MONDAYS I ALSO INSIDE i will a ride to i her fami-vacation on e(asy)Bay New in-person ventures in the New York area aim to take the hassle out of online auctions but for a price the 21st century pawn one businessman said ON THE DEFENSIVE Connecticut Gov John Rowland making his first public appearance since admitting -that friends and a politically connected contractor paid for improvements on his summer cottage said yesterday that his service to this state speaks for it-Belf Page A4 rLU5 tiL gAMAMTAN SPLIT In an effort to ASK AMY J8 serve the Samaritan community and its BUSINESS A29 women but not men are for- CLASSIFIED Cl bidden to many outsiders Those who COMICS PUZZLES BIO transgress are cut off completely Sophie EDITORIALS VIEWPOINTS A24 Sedaka one of best-known ac- FLASH ASS tresses transgressed and now is treated HOROSCOPE N12 by her sect as a foreigner Page A6 KIDSDAY HIS LONG ISLAND A20 PAKISTAN H0MNIN0 A bomb rocked the LOTTERY: ASS motorcade of President Pervez Mushar- MOVIE LISTINGS B4 raf yesterday at least the second at- OBITU ARIES A41 tempt on his life since he enraged THIS DATE IN HISTORY A16 hard-liners in 2001 by backing the TV LISTINGS B17 UR- led war on terror in Afghanistan PageAlS NEWSDAY ON THE WEB Photo fay Richard Slattery plum to uta AliTraln calls It CENTER OF ATTENTION Tanger Factory Outlet Center contributes millions of dollars in taxes and employs thousands of people but many in Riverhead say they are disappointed that Main Street shared in the glistening success Btory Page A20 TYCO DOCUMENTATION The decorator who bought the notorious $6000 shower curtain for former Tyco chief executive Dennis Kozlowski plans to meet with New York prosecutors tonight armed with documentation single aspect of what went into that room as she called it in an exclusive interview Page A38 struction of a massive terminal at Jamaica which is to feature a mezzanine above the LIRR station moving walk- ways and new elevators and escalators A temporary bridge accessible by stairways and an elevator now connects the Jamaica platform to the AirTrain terminal In tandem with the Port Authority a (225-million renovation of the Jamaica station has been under way which includes $172 million from the authority It is expected to be complete within 2005 a joint effort from a construction point of view to ensure a unified architectural appearance and to allow the simultaneous construction of a modern intermodal said LIRR spokesman Brian Dolan believe that our service today will be able to meet the demand of customers using the AirTrain system as well as the Rider research showed that 60 percent to 70 percent of AirTrain users would come from Manhattan while 8 percent would be from Long Island said Pasquale DiFul-co spokesman for the Port Authority He expects that number to grow think this service is going to sell itself once people realize how easy it is to DiFulco said adding that he doesrft expect crowding to be an issue Still some have questioned the convenience- AirTrain is not a one-seat ride and never will be for LIRR riders because they are two different systems AirTrain runs on ligfrt raiL The LIRR does not still have to get up and schlepp your said Robert Sinclair Jr manager of public information for the Automobile Club of New York LIRR riders on the Port Washington line face a three-seat ride That track goes directly to Woodaide bypassing Jamaica AirTrain users on the Port Washington line must double back to Jamai-ca "That is just a reality of the layout of the said LIRR Commuters Council chairman Jim McGovern from Long Island ifa pretty seamless You get off at Jamaica take the escalator upstairs hop on the AirTrain and you are at JFK in 12 minutes The Jamaica tranaltum la vary wall hj I HiJumpf ly as she leaves for a Marco Island in Florida But when she returns Friday Gen-na's family wont pick her up Instead Genna will take the AirTrain which will be up and running from Kennedy Airport to Jamaica on Wednesday for the first time connect to the Long Island Rail Road and avoid the rush-hour roadways going to be very convenient for travelers especially on Long Island where so much traffic all the said Genna 28 of Hicksville So long Van Wyck Expressway Longterm parking it's been nice knowing you A $30-plus car service to Kennedy Airport: Buh-bye Just in time for the holiday travel season Long Islanders now have a new choice to get to Kennedy Airport a true change at Jamaica where commuters can board the AirTrain from a new terminal constructed at the railroad station Officials with the Port Authority which owns and operates AirTrain sdy the service will provide easier access to the airport for travelers from the city and Long Island But some commuter advocates worry the additional passengers could overcrowd URR trains and that it wont be as convenient as it sounds realize the utili- ty of it and support a connection from Manhattan to JFK in said Peter Haynes president of the LIRR Commuters Campaign pm rush is a concern The trains are already crowded and lota of people with bags heading toward the AirTrain will only make it The 81-mile light-rail system to Kennedy Airport is expected to cany up to 34000 passengers a day A trip from Jamaica averages 12 minutes At peak travel time the AirTrain will every four minutes from Jamaica The service costs $5 per single trip and can be paid with pay-per-ride MetroCards AirTrain tickets also will be available at the Jamaica terminal The $1 9-billion system 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