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After hot bidding war, Queens-based JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit for $3.8B

Posted on July 28, 2022

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State oversight body approves Hochul’s Penn Station plan

Posted on July 27, 2022

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Progress continues to be made on High Line X Moynihan Connector

Posted on July 27, 2022

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering a congestion pricing plan for his 2018-19 state budget that would impose an added cost for cars driving into Manhattan

MTA appoints board to come up with congestion pricing tolls, exemptions

Posted on July 27, 2022

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New York to pay at least $3.25bn for Penn Station upgrades

Posted on July 26, 2022

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Bronx Times

A month into the Bronx Bus Redesign, some residents feel unheard and unserviced by new routes

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‘Catch, release and repeat’: Mayor Adams fumes over release of teen who attacked cop in Harlem subway station

Posted on July 26, 2022

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MTA to roll out cell service in subway tunnels, Wi-fi at above-ground stations

Posted on July 25, 2022

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Runaway train: MTA ‘fiscal cliff’ arriving a year sooner because of lower ridership return, officials say

Posted on July 25, 2022

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Brooklyn

Man struck dead by train in Brooklyn: cops

Posted on July 25, 2022

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NYC Transit President Davey rolls out monthly surveys to help bring back riders

Posted on July 24, 2022

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Op-ed | How the MTA’s working to be more storm resilient

Posted on July 24, 2022

Rendering of Penn Station area redevelopment in Manhattan

Hochul’s Penn Station plan clears state vote; key details remain unknown

Posted on July 21, 2022

Subway ridership

’Stark options’: Comptroller report warns of widening MTA funding gaps amid stagnant ridership

Posted on July 21, 2022

A two motorcycle accident left a person dead and two others wounded.

Traffic deaths decline in NYC so far this year, except in the Bronx

Posted on July 20, 2022

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Watchdog says MTA must better organize storm flood response

Posted on July 20, 2022

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move, July 19, 2022

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Hochul and Adams announce ‘financial framework’ for Penn Station deal; watchdog slams lack of specifics

Posted on July 18, 2022

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SOLD! Vintage ‘Redbird’ subway car fetches nearly quarter-million dollars at online auction

Posted on July 17, 2022

Brooklyn

Three men cleared in 1995 killing of NYC subway token clerk

Posted on July 16, 2022

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Bronx Times

Rail fans ride on vintage cars from old South Ferry station to the Bronx in transit museum ‘Nostalgia Ride’

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Sign of the times? MTA removes COVID-era yellow subway mask posters

Posted on July 14, 2022

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Mayor Adams ups NYC Ferry fare to $4; adds discounted ticket for seniors, disabled, low income

Posted on July 14, 2022

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Manhattan BP Levine wants lower congestion pricing tolls for off-peak trips

Posted on July 13, 2022

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Railway robbery? Hochul’s Penn Station project may provide $1.2B in tax breaks, but come up short on funds, report finds

Posted on July 13, 2022

Governor Hochul Holds a Reproductive Health Press Conference with Dr. Mary T. Bassett

Hochul punts on bill to give lawmakers more leeway to veto Penn Station project

Posted on July 12, 2022

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Greenwich Village

City celebrates Hudson Street redesign, nearly half of which funded by local BID

Posted on July 12, 2022

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De Blasio ‘mystified’ by ‘math’ in comptroller NYC Ferry audit finding $224 million in hidden costs

Posted on July 11, 2022

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Op-ed | A new way to bring riders back to NYC Transit

Posted on July 10, 2022

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Deadly subway stabbing: 14-year-old boy murdered at Hamilton Heights station

Posted on July 9, 2022

Goodbye to cash tolls, and some notorious history, at the George Washington Bridge

Posted on July 9, 2022

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Art at Amtrak program kicks off at Penn Station

Posted on July 7, 2022

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Below board: Comptroller says city underreported nearly a quarter billion in costs to run NYC Ferry

Posted on July 6, 2022

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COVID-era bus ridership lags in business districts, returns in blue collar neighborhoods: MTA

Posted on June 29, 2022

Although Suffolk County has a lower median household income than Nassau at $87,763, it takes more to be in the upper income bracket. According to the 2013 American Community Survey, it takes more than $150,000 to be in the top 21.9 percent of households in Suffolk. This is the Montauk Lighthouse on Nov. 20, 2009.

Out of town sights to see with public transit this summer

Posted on June 29, 2022

Subway bathrooms in Union Square

Should the MTA reopen subway bathrooms? Riders say yes, but the MTA isn’t so enthusiastic

Posted on June 29, 2022

Subway musician arrested in Herald Square

‘Don’t stop the dance:’ Prominent subway musician at Herald Square station cuffed in viral video arrest

Posted on June 27, 2022

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Monday expanding protections against assault to over 11,000 MTA transit workers.

‘They’re easy targets, that means we have to protect them’: Hochul signs bill expanding protections from assault for transit workers

Posted on June 27, 2022

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Op-ed | Tackling the MTA’s biggest challenges

Posted on June 26, 2022

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Advocates urge MTA to lift bike ban on Cross Bay, RFK bridges immediately

Posted on June 24, 2022

Footage from the scene shows the taxi cab and what looks like a destroyed outdoor dining structure on Broadway and W. 29th Street.

Mayor Adams proposes redesigns for Broadway where cab driver crashed

Posted on June 23, 2022

Subway ridership

MTA reviewing rules allowing licensed concealed carry in transit after Supreme Court ruling on guns

Posted on June 23, 2022

The 7 Line Army is considering buying a last of its kind Redbird subway car #9075, which currently lives outside Queens Borough Hall.

Queens

‘A piece of history’: City puts vintage ‘Redbird’ subway car up for auction starting at $6,500

Posted on June 23, 2022

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MTA settles lawsuits, agrees to make 95% of subway stations accessible by 2055

Posted on June 22, 2022

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Brooklyn

Detective attacked in Brooklyn on second night of solo subway patrols, union urges Mayor Adams to scrap program

Posted on June 22, 2022

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Exclusive: NYPD is TREDDing new ground with K-9 unit

Posted on June 22, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

Police are searching for a man who slashed a woman inside Fulton Street Station

Posted on June 21, 2022

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Brooklyn

Second entrance for York Street subway station in Brooklyn could cost nearly half a billion: MTA

Posted on June 21, 2022

More from around NYC

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Bronx Hip Hop Museum secures major funding as 2026 opening approaches

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Shots fired as NYPD confronts suspected car theft crew at Flushing auto shop Friday morning

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Grand Army Plaza Arch emerges from two-year, $8.9M restoration

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Dr. Sara Glass, Thank You For Coming Out