Barbara Russo-Lennon, Author at amNewYork

fare evaders jumping turnstile in a NYC subway

MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t seem to thwart many fare evaders at station

Posted on January 16, 2025

NYPD officer at NYC subway turnstile

amNewYork Metro poll: Do you feel safe riding the subways?

Posted on January 16, 2025

a group of people outside a Bronx subway station that was remodeled

Historic Bronx subway station gets makeover and is now ADA-accessible

Posted on January 16, 2025

Protest to demand a deal for the return of hostages, in Tel Aviv

News

New Yorkers react with cautious optimism to ceasefire deal hoping to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

Posted on January 15, 2025

Homeless individuals sleeping on a subway train in New York on Jan. 13, 2025.

Politics

Mayor Adams outlines ‘Bridge to Home’ mental health program aiming to help stop subway violence, chronic homelessness

Posted on January 15, 2025

Intersection in the Upper East Side in daytime

Driver arrested in Upper East Side collision that killed 78-year-old woman: cops

Posted on January 15, 2025

NYPD officer in subway system

NYC subway safety: Hochul and NYPD working to add hundreds of officers to platforms and trains at all hours of day

Posted on January 14, 2025

Congestion pricing gantry in Manhattan

Congestion pricing: MTA remains tight-lipped on Manhattan toll revenue as traffic declines in first week

Posted on January 14, 2025

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Feds support Midtown Bus Terminal makeover with $1.89 billion loan

Posted on January 14, 2025

Delivery trucks in microhub

NYC launching delivery ‘microhubs’ in 2025 to help reduce truck traffic further in congestion pricing era

Posted on January 14, 2025

Congestion pricing cars travel through grand arch of Manhattan Bridge

Congestion pricing: MTA reports significant traffic declines in first week of Manhattan toll program

Posted on January 13, 2025

Homeless individuals sleeping on a subway train in New York on Jan. 13, 2025.

Lander seeks ‘housing first’ plan to resolve street homeless, mental health and subway safety crises; gets rebuke from Mayor Adams

Posted on January 13, 2025

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Business

Bird flu outbreak sends egg prices soaring in NYC – and could crack New Yorkers hard if left unchecked, Schumer warns

Posted on January 13, 2025

Riding a CitiBike on 2nd Avenue near East 30th Street on Jan. 12, 2025.

Citi Bike increasing fees for regular and electric bikes, but New York bicyclists say they’re ready to pay up and pedal

Posted on January 13, 2025

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Congestion pricing: LIRR and Metro-North see increased ridership since Jan. 5

Posted on January 12, 2025

MTA Electric bus

Congestion pricing: MTA ‘unlocks’ an upgrade, adding 265 new electric buses to fleet

Posted on January 12, 2025

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Congestion pricing: NYC subway ridership increases in first few days, data finds

Posted on January 9, 2025

Cars pass under the toll gantries at the Manhattan Bridge amid congestion pricing in New York on Jan. 7, 2025.

Early data is out! Has congestion pricing in NYC been successful so far in reducing traffic in Manhattan?

Posted on January 9, 2025

an arriving MTA L train

Brooklyn

MTA trackworker suffers fatal medical episode while working on L train

Posted on January 8, 2025

zoning population

Business

EXODUS: Why have 350,000 New Yorkers left the city in 2 years? Affordability is just one reason

Posted on January 8, 2025

yellow taxi cab during congestion pricing in NYC

Congestion pricing: Cabbies and commuters continue to fume over Manhattan toll era

Posted on January 8, 2025

rendering of green space with people walking in it

Business

West Side casino plan gets resounding ‘no’ vote from Midtown community board

Posted on January 8, 2025

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Clean your plates: NYC law proposed to crack down on congestion pricing toll evaders

Posted on January 7, 2025

Cars pass under the toll gantries at the Manhattan Bridge amid congestion pricing in New York on Jan. 7, 2025.

Congestion pricing: Where you will pay (and not pay) to drive in Manhattan

Posted on January 7, 2025

inside a luxury home featuring staircase on Manhattan's Upper East Side

PHOTOS: Real estate magnate’s $15 million home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side hits the market

Posted on January 7, 2025

Rally for congestion pricing in Manhattan

Congestion pricing: What MTA projects will your $9 daily drive into Manhattan help pay for?

Posted on January 6, 2025

Uber and Lyft drivers in Lower Manhattan.

Lyft will credit riders $1.50 into and out of Midtown and Lower Manhattan during January

Posted on January 6, 2025

Snowy conditions in NYC

New York

Snowy conditions could hamper Monday’s evening commute

Posted on January 6, 2025

MTA platform railings at Washington Heights subway station

Spate of violence in NYC subways prompts call for more platform barriers

Posted on January 6, 2025

Cars operating at congestion pricing gantry

Congestion pricing launches ‘smoothly’ as MTA sets sights on ‘getting projects done’ with new cash flow

Posted on January 5, 2025

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

Congestion pricing: EMS workers say they’re set to leave Manhattan posts as toll program starts

Posted on January 5, 2025

two people unveiling a congestion pricing sign at night

IT’S ON: NYC opens first-in-the-nation congestion pricing toll program in Manhattan

Posted on January 5, 2025

Traffic leaving the Manhattan Bridge.

Congestion pricing is now active in NYC — here are 10 things New Yorkers should know

Posted on January 5, 2025

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Staten Island commuters fume over poor express bus service leading into 2025

Posted on January 2, 2025

Queens Hospital Center on the outside

New York

Heal thyself? Hundreds of NYC Health + Hospitals doctors could strike this month in union battle for higher wages

Posted on January 2, 2025

Bronx subway station

Bronx

MTA worker stabbed in the Bronx while on duty at subway station

Posted on January 2, 2025

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These are new traffic laws in New York slated for 2025

Posted on December 31, 2024

MTA bus and congestion pricing gantry

Congestion pricing still on for Sunday start after federal judge rules against New Jersey lawsuit

Posted on December 31, 2024

US President Jimmy Carter visits the South Bronx in New York, accompanied by Patricia Harris (left, 1924 - 1985), Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Mayor Abe Beame (right) on Oct. 5, 1977.

News

A look back: New Yorkers remember the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

Posted on December 30, 2024

A Q train arrives at DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn

NYC Transit boss and his female subordinate investigated for inappropriate work behavior

Posted on December 30, 2024

NYC transit train

The road ahead: What to expect with NYC transit in 2025

Posted on December 30, 2024

An LIRR train at Far Rockaway in August 2023.

New discounts for the LIRR and Metro-North available this winter

Posted on December 29, 2024

Thomas DiNapoli New York State Comptroller

MTA needs to take additional money-saving measures, DiNapoli audit finds in wake of capital plan veto

Posted on December 26, 2024

7 trains arrive at 40th Street station.

NY legislative leaders suddenly reject MTA’s $68 billion capital plan

Posted on December 26, 2024

The 2025 numerals arrived in Times Square on Dec. 18.

New Year’s Eve in Times Square: A New Yorker’s guide to street closures, train schedules and more

Posted on December 26, 2024

A family trudges through the snowstorm in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Feb. 7, 2021.

White Christmas: NYC sees light snowfall on Christmas Eve as Sanitation Department works to keep streets clear

Posted on December 24, 2024

Sebastian Zapeta, 33 was charged with first and second degree murder, as well as arson in the death of a sleeping subway rider on Monday, December 23.

NYC subway riders skeptical of safety after fiery Brooklyn murder, other transit crimes

Posted on December 23, 2024

A taxi passes under an unused congestion pricing gantry.

Congestion pricing survives one legal challenge as federal judge refuses to stop Manhattan toll program in pending case

Posted on December 23, 2024

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CM Dinowitz co-sponsors reading initiative from LINC

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Forest Hills Robotics team to represent NYC at global FIRST LEGO League Festival

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Making waves: Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge raises $60,000 for local nonprofits

The LGBT Community Center, located at 207 W. 13th St. in Manhattan, is voluntarily recognizing a staff union.

New York City’s LGBT Center swiftly recognizes staff union