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Mayor Adams

NYC will start rolling out AI metal detectors in subways over ‘next few days,’ Adams says

Posted on July 17, 2024

City Comptroller Brad Lander.

EXCLUSIVE | City Comptroller Lander assembles legal team to challenge Hochul’s congestion pricing pause

Posted on July 17, 2024

A straphanger sits down on a sweltering subway platform during a heat wave on July 16, 2024.

‘Hot as p*ss, bro’: How to survive a sweltering subway car as The Big Apple bakes this summer

Posted on July 16, 2024

A B train passing by Avenue M in Midwood.

MTA suspends B train service during hellish morning commute caused by a switch problem

Posted on July 16, 2024

A pile of burnt e-bikes following a deadly fire at a Chinatown bike shop in 2023.

Hochul signs bills requiring certification of volatile e-bike batteries, registration for mopeds

Posted on July 11, 2024

Self-driving vehicles

Self-driving shuttles testing this summer at JFK Airport parking lot

Posted on July 10, 2024

A B41 bus picks up passengers at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Activists, labor push for expanded bus lane along Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue

Posted on July 9, 2024

Polly Trottenberg (left), the nation's second seniormost transportation official, said she was not aware ahead of time that Gov. Hochul (right) would pause congestion pricing.

Congestion Pricing: Feds appear blindsided by Hochul’s reversal of Manhattan toll program

Posted on July 9, 2024

The Third Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River was stuck in an open position for an hour and a half on Monday due to the oppressive heat.

Third Avenue Bridge over Harlem River gets stuck after steel expands in oppressive heat

Posted on July 9, 2024

Yellow school buses sit outside PS K140 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in 2022.

School bus companies must stop idling vehicles, electrify fleets under settlement with AG James

Posted on July 8, 2024

The feds have signed a funding agreement with New York and New Jersey that will finally get work underway on new train tunnels under the Hudson River.

$16 billion funding agreement signed for Gateway Tunnel, construction finally starting under Hudson River

Posted on July 8, 2024

Police brass say they are continuing to zero-in on criminals bringing weapons into the subway system as NYPD’s Chief of Transit rails against recidivism after three people were slashed at a Queens station last month.

Police brass say recidivism remains ongoing problem with subway crime

Posted on July 8, 2024

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Bronx Times

DOT re-launches safe driving campaign at Yankee Stadium

MTA interim New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | Meet Demetrius Crichlow, the interim MTA New York City Transit boss

Posted on July 3, 2024

Electric Citi Bikes at a dock in Downtown Brooklyn on July 3, 2024.

Citi Bike hiking prices for second time this year, citing high costs of e-bike fleet

Posted on July 3, 2024

A train approaches on the tracks as passengers wait on the platform. Photo also shows an MTA ticket machine and a sign that says "To New York" on the platform.

Bronx Times

Bronx Metro-North proposal receives vote of approval from City Planning Commission

D subway train rolling into station

MTA boosting service on six subway lines as NYC rolls into Fourth of July weekend

Posted on July 2, 2024

Traffic on the road

Brooklyn

Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn’s primary thoroughfare, may soon get a new bus lane

Posted on July 1, 2024

Union Square station

New York’s subways are loud, and they’re not getting any quieter: amNY checks the noise levels

Posted on July 1, 2024

A police cruiser in Prospect Park

Lower East Side

Woman on Lower East Side killed in hit-and-run on FDR Drive

Posted on June 30, 2024

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks at press conference

Op-ed | Where the MTA goes from here, with congestion pricing on ice

Posted on June 30, 2024

The turnstiles at the 28th Street station on the 6 line.

First On amNY: Eligibility for city’s half-price MetroCard program boosted to 145% of federal poverty line in city budget: sources

Posted on June 28, 2024

The G Train

Brooklyn

The G train shutdown starts Friday. Here’s what to know.

Posted on June 27, 2024

traffic on a New York City street with lower speed limits

NYC to lower speed limit to 20 mph on various local streets

Posted on June 27, 2024

A congestion pricing toll gantry in Manhattan

Congestion pricing: MTA Board formally delays Manhattan toll program, suspends $16.5 billion in transit investments

Posted on June 26, 2024

Pro-Palestine protester who made Zionist threat shields himself after turning self in.

Lower Manhattan

Ticket to hide: Pro-Palestine protester who allegedly threatened ‘Zionist’ train riders ducks press after turning self in

Posted on June 26, 2024

Zip ties on subway tracks along A line

Fit to be tied? A train riders freaked by subway tracks held together by zip ties

Posted on June 25, 2024

Rendering of NYC Ferry bearing generic ad

Setting ‘$ale’: NYC Ferry looking to sell corporate naming rights to avoid sinking money troubles

Posted on June 25, 2024

The indefinite pause of congestion pricing means work is halted on dozens of elevators to make subway stations accessible.

New Yorkers decry loss of congestion pricing money for accessible transit to MTA Board

Posted on June 24, 2024

Parents with children at congestion pricing rally in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Congestion pricing: Brooklyn kids rally at Barclays Center to demand Hochul end pause and start Manhattan tolls

Posted on June 23, 2024

Subway rider stopped by NYPD for fare evasion

Subway crime: NYPD touts huge turnaround nearly six months after major crime spike underground

Posted on June 23, 2024

An F train arrives at a Brooklyn station

F train will close in southern Brooklyn for 8 weekends this summer for signal modernization

Posted on June 23, 2024

G train running in Brooklyn

Ask the MTA | Meet the G Train czar, 4th of July service, and elevator replacements

Posted on June 23, 2024

Entrance to Manhattan station where deadly stabbing occurred

Manhattan subway stabbing: Suspect held without bail for deadly attack at station

Posted on June 22, 2024

Horse carriage in Central Park

All or nothing: New NYC horse carriage ban bill doesn’t include electric replacement

Posted on June 20, 2024

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Congestion pricing: Voters support Hochul’s pause, but disapprove of governor, in new poll

Posted on June 20, 2024

A draft rendering of the planned 125th Street terminal for the Q train, part of Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway project.

Congestion pricing: Work completely halted on Second Avenue Subway extension following Hochul pause

Posted on June 18, 2024

An NJ Transit train at Princeton Junction in 2014.

NJ Transit, Amtrak see major morning rush hour delays into Penn Station

Posted on June 18, 2024

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UPDATE: NYC sells Staten Island Ferry boat involved in deadly crash for $101,000

Posted on June 18, 2024

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Bronx Times

Congestion pricing: Bronx pols split on last-minute decision to pause toll program

MTA camera enforcement system on bus in Manhattan

‘Stay out of our lanes’: MTA expanding camera enforcement program to combat bus stop blockers, double parkers

Posted on June 17, 2024

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Congestion pricing: Feds give final approval, seem to counter Hochul’s economic reasoning for pausing Manhattan tolls

Posted on June 16, 2024

Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about possible congestion pricing lawsuits

Congestion Pricing: Comptroller Lander assembling potential plaintiffs for suit to restart paused Manhattan toll

Posted on June 12, 2024

A close up of congestion pricing tolling camera

Congestion Pricing: What happens now to the MTA’s $500 million tolling cameras?

Posted on June 12, 2024

Bus driver Isaac Egharevba recovers after being slashed on the job.

Cops still seeking perp who slashed veteran bus driver in Brooklyn

Posted on June 11, 2024

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Congestion Pricing: Janno Lieber won’t resign from MTA, but agency faces tough future

Posted on June 10, 2024

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Congestion pricing: How do people get to Hochul’s favorite Midtown diners? Mainly by foot and transit

Posted on June 10, 2024

Congestion pricing protest in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn protesters fume over congestion pricing delay: ‘Kathy Hochul has betrayed us’

Posted on June 9, 2024

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