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MTA climate change: Flooding in Brooklyn subway station

MTA says it needs $6 billion to fight climate change over next decade

Posted on April 25, 2024

Truck traveling on Manhattan street before congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: NYC offers incentives for off-hour deliveries ahead of toll rollout

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Feds to NYPD cops: Stop parking on NYC sidewalks, or we’ll take you to court!

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Solar power canopy at JFK long-term parking lot to help power AirTrain, nearby homes

Posted on April 23, 2024

Electric vehicle

Earth Day: Number of electric or wheelchair-accessible Uber, Lyft trips has doubled in past year

Posted on April 22, 2024

Bus riding along Manhattan

MTA’s free bus experiment will end after not being reauthorized in state budget

Posted on April 21, 2024

Police vehicle in Brooklyn

Woman dies after Jeep flips over on the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of the Bronx River Parkway

Posted on April 21, 2024

Amy Cohen, co-founder of Families for Safe Streets, next to a picture of her son Sammy, the namesake of Sammy's Law, at a 2019 rally.

Albany lawmakers set to pass Sammy’s Law, allow NYC to lower speed limit to 20 mph

Posted on April 18, 2024

Kars4Kids band singing jingle

Jingle all the way: Kars4Kids beats back $10M trademark infringement verdict from Texas charity

Posted on April 18, 2024

Cars

MTA set to send some congestion pricing money to NJ to mitigate impacts

Posted on April 17, 2024

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber

‘The wrong message’: MTA Chief Lieber slams free bus pilot program as lawmakers weigh expansion

Posted on April 17, 2024

Scene in Brooklyn where girl was struck and killed by driver

10-year-old girl in Brooklyn fatally struck by driver

Posted on April 16, 2024

Helicopter flying over East River in NYC

NYC lawmakers seek to ban ‘non-essential’ chopper flights from city heliports

Posted on April 16, 2024

MTA new electric Access-a-ride van

Take a spin inside the MTA’s first electric Access-a-Ride vans coming to the paratransit fleet

Posted on April 15, 2024

A police cruiser in Prospect Park

Bronx

Two dead in high-speed Bronx collision; driver booked for allegedly being drunk

Posted on April 15, 2024

Hudson Yards vessel

New York

Hudson Yards’ Vessel set to reopen with suicide nets

Posted on April 14, 2024

Donald Trump outside courtroom

Trump’s first criminal trial begins Monday in Manhattan. Here’s what to know.

Posted on April 14, 2024

The Clip can turn any regular bike into an e-bike.

This Brooklyn startup wants to turn any bike into an e-bike

Posted on April 11, 2024

GoLocker public locker in Brooklyn

Politics

NYC debuts free public locker storage to deter package theft, delivery truck traffic

Posted on April 10, 2024

People gather in Roberto Clemente State Park

Health

Seeing clearly: NYC hospitals report no increase in eye problems related to eclipse

Posted on April 9, 2024

NYPD barnacle placed on windshield of truck

Is the ‘Barnacle’ the NYPD’s answer to stopping parking scofflaws in their tracks?

Posted on April 9, 2024

Parking meter in Queens

New ‘pay-by-plate’ parking meters are coming to NYC streets. Here’s what that means for drivers.

Posted on April 8, 2024

PATH train at Manhattan station

Port Authority plans $430M rehabilitation for PATH train system

Posted on April 7, 2024

Eclipse 2024: Score free, last minute solar glasses at city libraries

Posted on April 7, 2024

MTA is selling limited edition MetroCards bearing the likeness of Olivia Benson

MTA selling limited-edition ‘Law & Order: SVU’ MetroCards featuring Mariska Hargitay for show’s 25th anniversary

Posted on April 4, 2024

New Jersey E-ZPass message on Congestion Pricing

Congestion pricing: Oral arguments made in New Jersey’s federal challenge to New York’s Manhattan toll plan

Posted on April 3, 2024

Grand Central Madison station concourse

MTA seeks ‘master’ vendor for retail development at Grand Central Madison

Posted on April 2, 2024

Long Island City skyline

Free shuttle bus discontinued from 34th Street ferry landing, rankling some riders

Posted on April 1, 2024

F train service at Roosevelt Island

Regular F train service restored to Roosevelt Island with completion of tunnel work

Posted on April 1, 2024

Self-driving cars on sandy lot

Self-driving cars get greenlight from Mayor Adams for test run on NYC streets

Posted on March 28, 2024

Mayor Adams wants to test out AI-powered metal detectors in the subway system.

AI-powered metal detectors coming to NYC subway system in pilot crime-fighting program

Posted on March 28, 2024

Drivers enter Manhattan from the Williamsburg Bridge.

APPROVED: MTA grants final greenlight to congestion pricing program, with slight tweaks

Posted on March 27, 2024

Photo of Broadway at West 26th Street

DOT rolls out ‘Broadway Vision’ to further pedestrianize four blocks near Union Square

Posted on March 26, 2024

NYC ports expect increased shipping traffic following Baltimore bridge collapse

Posted on March 26, 2024

MTA CCTV monitor on a bus

Watch this space: MTA piloting CCTV screens on city buses to deter assaults, fare evasion

Posted on March 25, 2024

A commuter bus traveling in Manhattan before congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: Commuter buses, city vehicles nab exemption from Manhattan tolls under latest MTA plan

Posted on March 25, 2024

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FATAL FLAW: NYC reckless motorists can keep driving no matter how many speed camera tickets they get

Posted on March 24, 2024

TAPP PATH contactless payment system

TAPP-to-pay: PATH contactless payment system launched at several train stops

Posted on March 20, 2024

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Business

Lawsuit challenging NYC property tax system cleared to move forward – opening door for possible, massive changes

Posted on March 19, 2024

Police and car at scene of deadly Brooklyn collision involving pedestrian

Driver in Brooklyn fatally strikes pedestrian at crosswalk on deadly boulevard

Posted on March 18, 2024

QueensWay

Trail over rail? Federal funding for QueensWay linear park could threaten long-sought QueensLink rail project

Posted on March 18, 2024

MTA bus and congestion pricing gantry

Congestion pricing: Advocacy group wants free bus rides for first week tolls in Manhattan take effect

Posted on March 17, 2024

Suspect in handcuffs in Aamir Griffin murder in Queens

Queens

Suspect pleads guilty to 2019 mistaken-identity slaying of teen Aamir Griffin in Queens

Posted on March 17, 2024

A G train at Court Square in 2021.

G train summer shutdown: ‘Czar’ will oversee service disruptions amid repairs, MTA says

Posted on March 14, 2024

Intersection where Queens boy was fatally struck by driver

Queens driver faces homicide charge after fatally striking 8-year-old boy

Posted on March 14, 2024

Security guards at Fulton Center

Downtown

Westfield seeks to break retail lease at Fulton Center, citing crime concerns in legal battle with MTA

Posted on March 13, 2024

Rendering of new Port Authority Bus Terminal

Hochul, Adams agree to finance new Port Authority Bus Terminal through office development

Posted on March 12, 2024

An M31 bus sits in traffic on 57th Street in Manhattan on Dec. 14, 2023.

State lawmakers propose $90 million for more frequent buses, fare-free pilot in budget response

Posted on March 12, 2024

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Hands Off NYC

State Senator Gustavo Rivera hosts Day of Action against ICE enforcement in the Bronx

Vandals sprayed the large menorah in Travers Park with foam early Sunday morning. Photo courtesy of Hiram MoVandals sprayed the large menorah in Travers Park with foam early Sunday morning. Photo courtesy of Hiram Monserrate. nserrate.

Travers Park menorah vandalized in antisemitic attack: NYPD

Food Pantry

Coney Island’s largest food pantry faces possible closure without urgent funding

An Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer walks past portraits of US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at US immigration court in Manhattan, New York City, US, December 9, 2025.

LGBTQ immigrants face more asylum rejections, though some still win cases