Ben Brachfeld, Author at amNewYork

traffic safety

Transit fare could shoot over $3.50 without new funding from Albany: MTA

Posted on March 30, 2023

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MTA chief ‘fed up’ with private contractors operating poor-performing elevators

Posted on March 29, 2023

Midtown Manhattan

Grand Central evacuated over presumed Molotov cocktails, investigators deemed non-hazardous

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Subway station agents will no longer occupy token booths starting Thursday

Posted on March 28, 2023

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MTA will fine you up to $50 for sitting too long at Grand Central Madison

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Transit workers demand ouster of TWU vice president following brawl with critic

Posted on March 21, 2023

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Top NYPD official claims cops park on sidewalks because there’s nowhere else to park on the streets

Posted on March 20, 2023

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell testifies at City Council hearing

Spending spree: NYPD has already surpassed annual overtime budget by $100M in current fiscal year

Posted on March 20, 2023

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Subways saw pandemic record of 3.94 million rides on March 16

Posted on March 19, 2023

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Greenwich Village

Spin city: Iconic Astor Place cube to twirl again following off-site rehab

Posted on March 19, 2023

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New York City street vendors call for reform to industry, end of police targeting

Posted on March 16, 2023

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Oonee unveils new free bike parking pod at Port Authority Bus Terminal

Posted on March 15, 2023

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Albany legislators dismiss Hochul’s MTA rescue plan, present their own

Posted on March 14, 2023

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State Senate passes bill to establish ‘scramble’ crosswalks outside NYC schools

Posted on March 14, 2023

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LaGuardia AirTrain proposal officially canned by Port Authority, suggests airport shuttle bus instead

Posted on March 13, 2023

Signature Bank bought by New York Community Bank

Hochul says Signature Bank deposits are safe in FDIC hands, but customers uneasy

Posted on March 13, 2023

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg likeness to be carved into ‘Million Dollar Staircase’ at State Capitol

Posted on March 12, 2023

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New Broadway pedestrian plazas kick off construction this week in Flatiron, NoMad

Posted on March 12, 2023

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Weekend crashes on city streets claim three more lives

Posted on March 12, 2023

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Boosting ‘Fair Fares’: Speaker Adams calls for double eligibility for half-price subway, bus rides

Posted on March 8, 2023

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Take the P Train! Bathrooms will reopen at 12 more subway stations in May

Posted on March 8, 2023

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Two 75-year-old Queens women dead in separate crashes

Posted on March 8, 2023

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Two people fatally struck by trains in Queens and Manhattan, causing major subway delays

Posted on March 7, 2023

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Off with their masks! Mayor Adams says businesses should require that patrons remove face coverings to deter retail theft

Posted on March 6, 2023

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Eric Adams says religion and government shouldn’t ‘interfere,’ but stops short of saying ‘separate’

Posted on March 5, 2023

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MTA adds more LIRR trains in Brooklyn, retools schedule amid chaotic rollout

Posted on March 5, 2023

Take ’em off! Top NYPD official tells businesses to demand patrons remove masks in order to enter

Posted on March 2, 2023

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Battery outage: City Council votes to ban reassembled e-bike batteries linked to serious fire hazards

Posted on March 2, 2023

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BQE’s crumbling cantilever: City again considering ‘temporary highway’ to redirect traffic during reconstruction

Posted on March 1, 2023

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Nearly 10% of MTA elevators out of service at any given time: report

Posted on February 28, 2023

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Married MTA employees plead guilty with third man to bid-rigging conspiracy for surplus vehicle auctions

Posted on February 28, 2023

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Feds not coming to MTA’s rescue under GOP House, Schumer says

Posted on February 27, 2023

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Brooklyn riders not feeling the love from new LIRR schedules

Posted on February 27, 2023

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Grand Central Madison finally opens for full LIRR service on Monday

Posted on February 26, 2023

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City stalls BQE plans to conduct traffic study on number of lanes

Posted on February 26, 2023

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Going Up: MTA will start installing elevators at 15 more subway stations this year, 12 others to open in 2023

Posted on February 23, 2023

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Advocates, labor urge Hochul to bulk up MTA budget, expand service

Posted on February 22, 2023

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Fare evasion arrests skyrocket, more than 90% of those arrested are Black, Brown riders

Posted on February 22, 2023

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MTA to begin installing wide turnstiles for wheelchair users in subway this year

Posted on February 21, 2023

Alligator rescues more common than you might think in NYC

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Suburban lawmakers say only city should pay increased payroll tax to fund MTA

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Bronx car wash employee killed in ghastly hit-and-run, second on that block in eight months

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Steve Bannon’s lawyers say he stiffed them of nearly $500k

Posted on February 20, 2023

LATER, GATOR! Alligator found in, rescued from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake

Posted on February 19, 2023

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Freedom for Flaco! Central Park Zoo suspends attempted capture of escaped owl

Posted on February 19, 2023

Woman fatally struck by SUV in Brooklyn amid gruesome President’s Day Weekend on city streets

Posted on February 19, 2023

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Council looks to regulate ‘last-mile’ warehouses, citing truck traffic from Amazon and others

Posted on February 16, 2023

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Hector LaSalle rejected once-and-for-all as Chief Judge after Senate floor vote

Posted on February 15, 2023

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More from around NYC

ICS and CLDR members and leadership sitting with Senator Rivera around a long table.

Rivera discusses Senate bill to serve physically disabled with ICS staff, CLDR members

Unity Hall as it once stood on Myrtle Avenue near Cypress Hills Street in Glendale.

This Glendale hall had a rocky history steeped in local politics: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Brooklyn DA man sentenced to prison

Former Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for brutally attacking former girlfriend: DA

Advocates and State Senator Robert Jackson urge Governor Kathy Hochul against imposing changes to 340B, a federal drug discount program.

Providers urge state to keep 340B drug discount program intact