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Adams honors hero cops who rescued man from subway tracks on Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2022

Brooklyn subway brute sought for stabbing

Brooklyn

Brooklyn brute sought for violent stabbing at 3 train station

Posted on November 28, 2022

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Bronx

MTA to pilot hydrogen-powered buses in the Bronx

Posted on November 27, 2022

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Queens

Alleged Queens drunk driver in custody after fatal collision with scooter rider

Posted on November 27, 2022

MTA winter weather

Transit

Ask the MTA | Winter weather prep, Access-a-Ride and Train Time

Posted on November 27, 2022

An MTA employee works to clear flooding at Canal Street subway station after a water main break affected transit.

Politics

Gillibrand, Espaillat look to dedicate $300 million per year for transit resiliency

Posted on November 21, 2022

Tears at Brooklyn traffic violence memorial unveiling

Brooklyn

Tears and remembrance in Brooklyn as memorial to victims of traffic violence unveiled

Posted on November 20, 2022

MTA crews work to clear the flooding.

Lower Manhattan

Canal Street subway station floods after water main break

Posted on November 20, 2022

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Politics

Advocates launch campaign for 6-minutes-or-better service on all subways and buses

Posted on November 17, 2022

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Queens

Construction to start next year on new JFK Airport Terminal 6 that ‘will soon be worthy of New Yorkers’, Hochul says

Posted on November 17, 2022

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Politics

More budget transparency could bolster cash-strapped MTA’s case for new revenue streams: watchdog

Posted on November 16, 2022

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Bronx Times

DOT wants to make East Bronx’s e-scooter program permanent, but micromobility safety remains a concern

A bike lane is coming to 10th Avenue in Manhattan

10th Avenue Wheels Out: Bottcher announces bike lane, street redesign will be unveiled

Posted on November 15, 2022

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Politics

City approves increase in cab fares, first raise for taxi drivers in a decade

Posted on November 15, 2022

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City Council looks to make e-bikes safer following rash of deadly NYC fires caused by batteries

Posted on November 14, 2022

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Brooklyn

City considering car-free redesign for Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn: report

Posted on November 13, 2022

MTA Chair Janno Lieber on subway safety

Politics

Op-ed | MTA moving forward after Election Day

Posted on November 13, 2022

Union Square subway slasher

Union Square subway slasher attacks man during robbery attempt: cops

Posted on November 12, 2022

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Brooklyn

Greenpoint ferry stop finally set to reopen for passengers next week

Posted on November 10, 2022

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Brooklyn

Violent Brooklyn hit-and-run kills man at site of Adams’ promise to redesign dangerous intersections

Posted on November 10, 2022

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Transit

Lincoln Tunnel tolls to go cashless next month

Posted on November 9, 2022

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Transit

New Jersey man owes nearly $63K for skipping tolls, says Port Authority in lawsuit

Posted on November 9, 2022

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Bronx

City proposes dedicated bus and bike lanes on Washington Bridge over Harlem River

Posted on November 7, 2022

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Transit

Weekend subway ridership hits pandemic record during NYC Marathon

Posted on November 7, 2022

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Newest Staten Island Ferry honors Dorothy Day, a champion of social justice and labor

Posted on November 6, 2022

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Transit

Ask the MTA | OMNY benefits and Bronx station construction

Posted on November 6, 2022

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Transit

16 children killed in collisions on NYC streets this year, a record of Vision Zero era: report

Posted on November 3, 2022

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Business

What could possibly go wrong? Startup wants to let you fly personal chopper over NYC with no license and an hour of training

Posted on November 2, 2022

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Queens

Adams admin has slowed to a crawl on bus lane construction, advocates say

Posted on November 1, 2022

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Transit

Citi Bike ends price caps on ebike rides between outer boroughs

Posted on October 31, 2022

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Fare evasion summonses have nearly doubled as cops flood subway system

Posted on October 31, 2022

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Man fatally struck by train at Rockefeller Center, capping off gruesome month for subway system

Posted on October 31, 2022

City improves safety at over 1,000 intersections in 2022

Politics

Safer crossings: NYC has redesigned 1,200 intersections this year, Adams says

Posted on October 30, 2022

New York City Transit President Richard Davey

Op-Ed

Op-ed | Making New York City Transit ‘Safer, Faster, Cleaner’

Posted on October 30, 2022

Deranged suspect who stabbed man in Harlem

Harlem

Deranged man in Harlem stabbed straphanger who refused to argue with him: cops

Posted on October 29, 2022

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Midtown Manhattan

Times Square subway station stabbing leaves man hospitalized, suspect in custody

Posted on October 29, 2022

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Transit

Comprehensive NYC Greenway plan for bike, pedestrian infrastructure passes City Council

Posted on October 27, 2022

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Queens

Chaos in Queens: Man holds bus driver hostage, sets in motion hundreds losing power

Posted on October 27, 2022

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Bronx Times

Some Bronx community districts getting more spots than others in DOT’s carshare program launch

Subway crime in Queens left woman with broken back

Bronx

Subway crime: Brute breaks woman’s back in Queens stairway shove, assailants punch men at Bronx and Brooklyn stations

Posted on October 27, 2022

Cross Bay Bridge gets a bike path

Transit

Pedal to the metal: MTA opening up bridges to bikes, installing racks at 37 stations as agency seeks cycling accessibility

Posted on October 26, 2022

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Transit

Trick-or-Streets: NYC Open Streets will expand hours for Halloween

Posted on October 25, 2022

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Transit

OMNY finally available to some reduced-fare MetroCard holders; students and ‘Fair Fares’ riders shut out for now

Posted on October 24, 2022

Laser train coming to MTA

Transit

Metro-North to use ‘laser train’ to clear slimy autumn debris from tracks

Posted on October 24, 2022

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Transit

MTA considering $1.78 billion additional spending to buy hundreds of brand-new subway cars

Posted on October 23, 2022

Subway police surge announced

Politics

Subway police surge: ‘Omnipresence’ of cops needed to boost sense of safety in system, Hochul and Adams explain

Posted on October 23, 2022

Subway shover sought for random attack in Queens

Subway shover in Queens who threw man onto tracks in random attack still at large

Posted on October 22, 2022

MTA Chair Janno Lieber spoke out about the contracts process

Business

MTA wants feds to open up more contracts to wealthier minority- and women-owned businesses

Posted on October 19, 2022

More from around NYC

Mackenzie Scott

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donates $4.5M to FLACS Bronx charter schools as part of vow to donate wealth

Amato

Not over yet: Three votes are all that separate Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger in southern Queens Assembly race

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The Doe Fund distributes hundreds of free Thanksgiving salads in Bed-Stuy as part of new ‘Good Food Works’ initiative

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James in Centura Penrose Hospital

Colorado shooting victim ‘wanted to save the family I found’