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EXCLUSIVE | Transit cops speak after arresting subway straphangers with deadly weapons and stolen property

Posted on March 20, 2024

TAPP PATH contactless payment system

Transit

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

Posted on March 20, 2024

Vincenta Roddey shares her thoughts on Governor Kathy Hochul's plan to send the National Guard into the subway system. Roddey has worked for MTA for 27 years.

Bronx Times

How do Bronx riders and MTA employees feel about the National Guard coming into the subways?

Police and car at scene of deadly Brooklyn collision involving pedestrian

Brooklyn

Driver in Brooklyn fatally strikes pedestrian at crosswalk on deadly boulevard

Posted on March 18, 2024

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Queens

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

Fare evasion suspect stopped by police

The gateway crime: NYPD continues fare evasion crackdown with all eyes fixed on subway safety

Posted on March 17, 2024

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey

Op-Ed

Op-ed | Fighting crime and keeping NYC’s subways safe

Posted on March 17, 2024

Subway officer in transit system

Brooklyn

Brooklyn subway shooting: DA Gonzalez declines charge over self-defense; police tie incident to fare evasion

Posted on March 16, 2024

G train pulling into Court Square station

Brooklyn

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

Posted on March 14, 2024

NY: St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Transit

What you need to know about taking public transportation to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Posted on March 14, 2024

Intersection where Queens boy was fatally struck by driver

Queens

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

Cops at scene of person struck by train in Manhattan

Man who shoved girlfriend into path of Manhattan subway train has lengthy history of domestic violence: cops

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

Mayor Adams holds fake plates seized by ghost car task force

Politics

Ghost car busters: Adams, Hochul tout new task force cracking down on drivers with fake plates

Posted on March 12, 2024

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Transit

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

Posted on March 12, 2024

Urban designer Shachi Pandey presents the Community Led Improvement Programs task force's goals for Penn Station's redevelopment.

Midtown Manhattan

Penn Station task force starts push to make transit hub more residential

Posted on March 12, 2024

National Guard member with long gun

Transit

National Guard soldiers no longer carrying long guns at subway bag checks

Posted on March 10, 2024

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Bronx

Man who smacked MTA bus driver with umbrella in Bronx still at large: cops

Posted on March 10, 2024

Ask the MTA: 7 train

Transit

Ask the MTA | Opening Day subway service, station names and ads on trains

Posted on March 10, 2024

Cops at scene of person struck by train in Manhattan

Man killed, woman loses feet after being struck by Manhattan subway trains: cops

Posted on March 9, 2024

Politics

Gov. Hochul admits there’s nothing stopping straphangers from avoiding subway bag checks

Posted on March 8, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg

Transit

Two men indicted in Manhattan for separate February assaults on MTA workers

Posted on March 7, 2024

Politics

What do New York commuters think of Hochul’s National Guard security surge in subways?

Posted on March 6, 2024

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EXCLUSIVE: City Council set to pass bill requiring cruise ships connect to shore power while idling – or sail away

Posted on March 6, 2024

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Man killed in hit-and-run on Canal Street in Little Italy

Posted on March 6, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul with MTA Chair Janno Lieber announcing surge of national guard officers into subway system

Hochul bringing National Guard into NYC subways as part of extensive transit crime battle plan

Posted on March 6, 2024

NYPD brass recognize heroic transit officer

Queens

Heroic NYPD Transit officers recognized with medals for making great rescues and arrests

Posted on March 6, 2024

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Alleged anti-gay bigot behind Manhattan box cutter attack on A train winds up cuffed: NYPD

Posted on March 5, 2024

An outdoor dining setup prototype in NYC

Business

Outdoor dining in NYC: Applications open for permanent program as city unveils new, modular setups

Posted on March 5, 2024

Manhattan suspect who kicked man onto subway tracks

Manhattan cops seek assailant who kicked man onto subway tracks

Posted on March 5, 2024

OMNY sign for Fare Free bus ride

Transit

More free rides? State lawmakers look to triple size of NYC fare-free bus pilot, increase frequency ahead of congestion pricing

Posted on March 4, 2024

E-bike passing Manhattan

Transit

NYC unveils public e-bike charging ports for delivery workers

Posted on March 3, 2024

Congestion pricing hearing crowd at MTA headquarters

Politics

Favor and fury: Congestion pricing public hearings see hundreds of New Yorkers give MTA an earful on tolling program

Posted on March 3, 2024

MTA bus stopped near East Village site where pedestrian was struck and killed

East Village pedestrian struck and killed by bus driver who drove away: cops

Posted on March 2, 2024

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Brooklyn

A, C trains grind to halt as subway workers seek assurance of safety following colleague’s slashing

Posted on February 29, 2024

A suite of congestion pricing cameras on Third Avenue near 60th Street.

Transit

Congestion pricing infrastructure installation nearly complete, MTA says

Posted on February 28, 2024

Brooklyn brute who punched senior

Brooklyn brute randomly punched senior straphanger on board F train: cops

Posted on February 28, 2024

Taxi cabs in Times Square, congestion pricing

Politics

Congestion pricing lawsuits could endanger billions in construction priorities, MTA warns

Posted on February 27, 2024

Two people board the new elevator from the street to the Tremont Avenue subway station.

Bronx Times

MTA unveils new elevators, renovated staircases at Tremont Avenue subway station in the Bronx

A Hampton Jitney bus

Transit

Hampton Jitney warns riders of higher fares if it doesn’t get congestion pricing exemption

Posted on February 27, 2024

Bronx subway shooting suspect grins while on gurney

Bronx

Bronx subway shooting suspects claim self-defense, illness after their arrest

Posted on February 27, 2024

NYPD officers at scene of subway crime

Transit

Another subway surge: NYPD adds 1,000 cops per day to patrols after murders in system

Posted on February 26, 2024

Bronx subway shooting suspects

Bronx

Bronx subway shooting suspects nabbed, held for questioning: cops

Posted on February 26, 2024

A New York City taxi with accessibility for the disabled.

Politics

Disability advocates say NYC failing to meet settlement agreement on accessible taxis

Posted on February 25, 2024

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Queens

Queens man fatally struck by LIRR train

Posted on February 25, 2024

M15 MTA bus pulls into stop

Politics

Spinning wheels: Adams admin misses legal benchmarks for new bus, bike lanes for second year in a row, DOT data shows

Posted on February 25, 2024

More from around NYC

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Borgatti’s Ravioli brings fresh pasta from the Bronx to the world

Mets owners award more than $116M to LaGuardia Community College to establish Cohen Career Collective on LIC campus

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Gunman killed in East Flatbush police shooting was chasing suspects after being robbed: NYPD

President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Harry Reid International Airport, Tuesday March 19, 2024, in Las Vegas, for campaign events.

Biden ties Obama’s record of 11 out federal judges