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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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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

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey

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

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

Posted on June 29, 2022

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‘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.

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‘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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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

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Go inside the NYPD’s in-depth training for active shooters in the subways

Posted on June 19, 2022

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Ask the MTA | F train alternatives and cross platform connections

Posted on June 19, 2022

Queens bus network redesign to launch in 2023

Mayor Adams reveals slate of bus improvements after transit ‘summit’ with MTA

Posted on June 16, 2022

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Fatal snag: Man dies after caught between platform and Brooklyn Q train

Posted on June 16, 2022

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FIRST ON amNY: Council bill would ban non-essential helicopter flights from NYC heliports

Posted on June 16, 2022

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Exclusive: New York Transit Museum expands opening hours

Posted on June 16, 2022

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Gateway Tunnel project still needed as population growth set to push trans-Hudson commutes back to pre-COVID levels: report

Posted on June 15, 2022

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‘Our moment is now’: Mayor Adams vows to speed up BQE overhaul

Posted on June 14, 2022

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See you in a few centuries: DOT senior safety program for intersections would take 800 years to cover all of NYC

Posted on June 14, 2022

Mask mandate for NYC transit may change, Hochul said

FIRST ON amNY: MTA stops collecting and publishing mask compliance stats in subways and buses

Posted on June 13, 2022

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FIRST ON amNY: MTA to bring back remote work option for office employees

Posted on June 13, 2022

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Advocates call on city, state to tackle ‘root causes’ of subway safety instead of heavy policing

Posted on June 12, 2022

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey

Bronx

Op-ed | Seeking better buses in the Bronx and beyond

Posted on June 12, 2022

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DOT to test new barriers for New York City bike lanes with new pilot program

Posted on June 10, 2022

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Hochul unsure about dropping mask mandates in transit

Posted on June 9, 2022

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Hochul launches bidding for design of $7 billion Penn Station overhaul

Posted on June 9, 2022

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City to finish 100 street safety redesigns this year: DOT

Posted on June 8, 2022

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A new way forward: MTA releases new schedules and routes for Bronx bus redesign

Posted on June 8, 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

Most New Yorkers would switch to mass transit under congestion pricing-like charge to drive into Manhattan: poll

Posted on June 7, 2022

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FIRST ON amNY: MTA lifts weekly COVID testing requirement for unvaxxed workers

Posted on June 7, 2022

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Inside Bally’s Bronx casino: Exclusive renderings show rooftop bar, gaming floor, and hotel

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Op-Ed: Empowering survivors by investing in the communities that know them best

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MTA opens two elevators at newly-accessible Bay Ridge-95th Street station

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