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‘Make the buses free!’ Transit advocates rally in Brooklyn demanding that Mamdani make good on his key transit promise

Posted on December 7, 2025

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IBX Stop by Stop: Light rail to unlock college town charm and buzzing retail opportunities in Brooklyn

Posted on December 7, 2025

residential building in the Bronx and a person wearing sweatshirt

Straphanger throws bottle at MTA bus driver in the Bronx; suspect at large: cops

Posted on December 7, 2025

FILE - A man in custody was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island on Saturday, Aug. 23.

Another Rikers Island death: Inmate ‘appears unwell’ in jail cell, becomes 14th to die in custody this year

Posted on December 7, 2025

a dark-colored car and a man wearing light shirt and dark pants

Suspect sought for punching two women and making racial slurs in Manhattan deli

Posted on December 4, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at Israel Independence Day celebration

Politics

Adams signs orders to shield Israel Investments, regulate protests near NYC houses of worship

Posted on December 4, 2025

Police cut the chains of a protester in Midtown.

Politics

Pols push for bill to create protest buffer zone near New York houses of worship in wake of antisemitic rhetoric at synagogue demonstration

Posted on December 3, 2025

ICE agents wearing masks line the halls of the 12th floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan on Friday. The agents remained stationed outside immigration courtrooms, where multiple individuals were detained following their hearings

News

Cover up: Face-covered ICE agents and unruly protesters reignite debate over a NYC mask ban

Posted on December 3, 2025

Man being held in cuffs by police after he attacked a Flatiron District pizzeria worker

Law

NJ man pleads guilty to near-fatal Manhattan pizzeria beatdown over dog dispute

Posted on December 3, 2025

NYC construction worker on the job

NYC’s affordable housing goals face threats from escalated federal immigration enforcement, report finds

Posted on December 2, 2025

"New York City, United States - October 27, 2012: A man entering a New York City subway station swipes his metro card at the turnstile. In the background a woman has just exited a train and is walking towards the exit."

NYC subway alert: Permanent F and M train service changes loom for Manhattan and Queens riders on Monday

Posted on December 2, 2025

Protesters outside synagogue

Politics

Prominent New York rabbi, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani discuss ways to quell tensions between Israel and Palestine supporters in NYC

Posted on November 30, 2025

a turkey on a ledge in NYC

A flockin’ surprise: Why wild turkeys are thriving in unexpected parts of NYC

Posted on November 26, 2025

Ekologic is one of the many vendors subway riders can find at the Grand Central Holiday Fair at Grand Central Terminal.

Shop the subways! Where to find unique holiday gifts at stations across NYC

Posted on November 26, 2025

people on line at a food distribution event

Politics

Giving thanks, and giving back: Governor Hochul, Cardinal Dolan host Thanksgiving food distribution in Harlem

Posted on November 25, 2025

LIRR

Thanksgiving travel: Here’s what you need to know about NYC transit service for the long holiday weekend

Posted on November 25, 2025

Protesters outside synagogue

Politics

Shock and anger: Jewish New Yorkers react to Zohran Mamdani team’s ‘hollow’ response to antisemitic protest at Manhattan synagogue

Posted on November 23, 2025

Citi Bike

Citi Bike surge: Ridership increases, showing ‘critical’ need in NYC transit deserts, says advocacy group

Posted on November 23, 2025

exterior of shopping center in Brooklyn during the day

IBX Stop by Stop: MTA’s planned light rail is a short ride to a shopper’s paradise near Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue

Posted on November 23, 2025

MTA OMNY user passes through turnstile

MTA ‘reaffirms’ a balanced operating budget for 2026, with a little help from OMNY

Posted on November 20, 2025

stairs leading up to a train station

NYC Transit worker accused of violating ‘rest rules’ with side hustle as a private welder

Posted on November 20, 2025

police officers in uniform inside a subway station

NYC transit crime drops nearly 14% year-over-year, marking significant decline

Posted on November 19, 2025

rendering of Interborough Express IBX

NYC’s proposed IBX light rail: Is a fully automated train on its horizon?

Posted on November 19, 2025

woman and child looking at photos in a NYC train station

New photos, poetry liven up NYC subway stations, celebrating 40-year anniversary of MTA arts

Posted on November 19, 2025

batter-swapping cabinet on a nyc sidewalk

DOT to install e-bike battery-swapping cabinets on NYC sidewalks

Posted on November 18, 2025

a cargo bike on an Upper West Side street

‘Last-mile’ delivery hazards in NYC: Comptroller Lander report sounds alarm on crashes, injuries and pollution

Posted on November 17, 2025

man standing behind a chair wearing a suit Sid Davidoff

Law

Sid Davidoff, New York government affairs icon, dies at 86

Posted on November 17, 2025

conductors on NYC Subways

Will the MTA keep subway conductors on board all trains? A bill before Governor Hochul may seal their fate

Posted on November 16, 2025

Major transit advocacy group

Major transit advocacy group unveils ambitious transportation wish list for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

Posted on November 16, 2025

OMNY Cards as MTA brings the MetroCard

Here’s where you can get free OMNY Cards as MTA brings the MetroCard era draws to a close

Posted on November 16, 2025

Light-rail’s Canarsie

IBX Stop by Stop: Light-rail’s Canarsie stop ushers in new era for transit-starved neighborhood

Posted on November 15, 2025

bodega cats

Business

NYC Council pushes to legalize bodega cats, giving them ‘purr-fect’ legal status

Posted on November 13, 2025

Police crime scene tape.

Man fatally hit by moving train in Queens, cops say

Posted on November 13, 2025

man wearing black jacket and hooded sweatshirt

Brute clocks straphanger with rain gear on Brooklyn train, cops say

Posted on November 12, 2025

proponent of street daylighting speaks at city hall rally

Advocates push universal daylighting bill to ban parking at NYC street corners, but opponents say plan ‘won’t improve’ traffic safety

Posted on November 12, 2025

buses parked on a street and idling

Engine upheaval: West Side residents steamed over charter bus company’s idling-exemption bid

Posted on November 11, 2025

people boarding a NYC bus

Four more NYC bus routes now have cameras to help ticket drivers caught illegally parking or blocking bus lanes

Posted on November 11, 2025

Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North Railroad honors veterans, unveils eighth locomotive in Heritage Series

Posted on November 11, 2025

horse-carriage drivers

Saddle up for court: Why transit union is suing animal rights group over the NYC horse carriage industry fight

Posted on November 10, 2025

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Snail trail: Transit advocates ‘award’ the slowest and most unreliable bus lines in New York City

Posted on November 10, 2025

NYC Ferry

Ahoy, commuters! NYC Ferry offering more routes and stops amid a system redesign

Posted on November 10, 2025

Bronx

Firefighters battle five-alarm fire in Bronx apartment building

Posted on November 9, 2025

People sitting at a bus stop shelter

DOT and city officials draw ire over soon-to-come ‘leaning bars’ at bus stops

Posted on November 9, 2025

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani (left) and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Hochul says she ‘can’t set forth’ Mayor-elect Mamdani’s plan for fare-free buses in NYC ‘right now’

Posted on November 9, 2025

photos of three men, one wearing sweatshirt, one wearing black jacket and one wearing beige coat in bronx subway stabbing

Bronx subway stabbing: Straphanger violently attacked by group of men in rush-hour assault

Posted on November 9, 2025

railroad tracks and locomotive near trees on the IBX line

IBX: Queens meeting hears some residents say ‘we don’t want’ the new light rail commuter line in their neighborhoods

Posted on November 9, 2025

a kitchen with cookies on the counter

Let it dough! Bake-brand Pillsbury offers a whimsical holiday experience in the heart of Midtown

Posted on November 6, 2025

a vintage train in NYC that is part of the New York Transit Museum's Holiday Nostalgia Rides

Season’s greetings on the subways! Nostalgia Rides on NYC vintage trains return this holiday season

Posted on November 6, 2025

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