As Thomas Kaplan reported on the City Room blog last week, the city is shrugging off the delayed start date for the system as a technicality.
As the city braces itself for another round of tube strikes, and rumours grow of a delayed launch date for 24-hour services, it's worth asking: what will be gained?
Yesterday, the House of Representatives and the Senate approved a temporary reprieve: They delayed the date for posting the OGE-278 forms by 30 days.
Schools bear the brunt The task at hand is particularly urgent as the government struggles to meet an already delayed start date for the school year, which is now scheduled to begin on 6 October.
The Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, left New York on Friday to return to Gaza to attend the Palestinian Central Council, which is meeting this weekend to consider delaying the date for the declaration of a Palestinian state.
On Thursday, MPs will vote on whether to ask the EU for permission to delay the date for departure.
Adam Scorer, of watchdog Consumer Futures, said: "Delaying the date for the smart meter roll-out is a sensible move.
The pound is on track for its best week since January after the votes in parliament this week, which culminated on Thursday with the decision by MPs to ask the EU to delay the date for the UK's departure.
Simultaneously, Take-Two lowered fourth-quarter guidance, citing better-than-expected third-quarter sales and delayed release dates for two Midnight Club games.
"We have also had feedback that the delays with visas for international students are also causing problems and that some universities are even considering delaying start dates for courses with high volumes of international students," he says.
Businesses, meanwhile, are preparing for continued low earnings by laying off workers, offering early retirement to older workers and delaying start dates for new hires.
