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Police officer near defaced ghost plates on vehicle

‘Ghost plates’ could cost NYC up to $200 million per year: report

Posted on August 12, 2024

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How do MTA funding alternatives compare to congestion pricing? Not well, says a new report

Posted on August 11, 2024

Two people were killed in the Bronx early Sunday morning after a high-speed crash into a tree.

Two dead in Bronx after crashing motorcycle into tree

Posted on August 11, 2024

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Brooklyn

G train service to be restored on northern part of line as work moves south

Posted on August 8, 2024

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Subway air quality: Study suggests Black, Hispanic, low-income New Yorkers face higher exposure to pollutants underground

Posted on August 8, 2024

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R32 ‘Brightliner’ subway trains returning to the rails for 60th anniversary next month

Posted on August 7, 2024

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Hochul ‘massaging’ proposal in Albany to replace lost congestion pricing money

Posted on August 6, 2024

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City Council set to approve Bronx Metro-North rezoning to build housing around new stations

Posted on August 6, 2024

Hakeem Jeffries and Janno Lieber shoveling dirt at MTA groundbreaking ceremony

Brooklyn

Hakeem Jeffries joins MTA in breaking ground on Brooklyn subway station accessibility upgrades

Posted on August 5, 2024

MTA New York City Transit Interim President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | Expanding OMNY Cards to NYC’s students

Posted on August 4, 2024

Bus rider boards to pay fare

MTA struggles to get bus riders to pay as nearly half now skipping the fare

Posted on August 1, 2024

A Q train arrives at DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn

Congestion pricing pause could cost MTA hundreds of millions of dollars each year, authority says

Posted on July 31, 2024

Subway worker on stopped F train

Subway slasher who attacked MTA worker in Queens still on the lam: cops

Posted on July 31, 2024

Second Avenue Subway tunnel

Work to resume on Second Avenue Subway extension after $54M cash infusion from Hochul

Posted on July 30, 2024

MTA bus traveling in Brooklyn

MTA free bus pilot ending on Sept. 1, deemed a dud despite increased ridership

Posted on July 29, 2024

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Congestion pricing | MTA to nix promised express bus service increase following pause on Manhattan toll

Posted on July 28, 2024

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AI metal detector in subways faces potential legal challenges after NYC rolls device out

Posted on July 28, 2024

a side by side of two NYC subway tokens, "Five Boroughs" Pentagram Token on the left and a bulls eye token on the right

What happened here in New York? The token rolls out

Posted on July 26, 2024

NYC public school students will be distributed Student OMNY Cards this year, instead of Student MetroCards.

NYC public school students will get free OMNY Cards next year instead of MetroCards – with more time and rides to use

Posted on July 25, 2024

A dog day in the life of two NYPD Transit K-9 cops

Posted on July 25, 2024

Traffic in New York

Congestion Pricing: Environmental and civic groups sue Hochul to force start of Manhattan toll program

Posted on July 25, 2024

NYC Ferry

NYC Ferry fares for most riders to increase this September

Posted on July 24, 2024

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NYC streets see most traffic deaths to start year in a decade: report

Posted on July 23, 2024

Suspect accused of stabbing Manhattan subway musician to death

‘He took my son’s life’: Family of slain Manhattan subway musician gather in court for alleged killer’s arraignment

Posted on July 23, 2024

E-bike outside for charging

NYC seeks to allow e-bike charging in front of thousands of buildings

Posted on July 22, 2024

MTA Queens bus stopping

Ask the MTA | Queens bus network redesign, subway elevators and prepping for hurricanes

Posted on July 21, 2024

Commuters on crowded L train subway station during subway week of hell

Week of Hell: NYC subway riders face commuting woes amid sweltering heat wave

Posted on July 18, 2024

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NYC will start rolling out AI metal detectors in subways over ‘next few days,’ Adams says

Posted on July 17, 2024

City Comptroller Brad Lander.

EXCLUSIVE | City Comptroller Lander assembles legal team to challenge Hochul’s congestion pricing pause

Posted on July 17, 2024

‘Hot as p*ss, bro’: How to survive a sweltering subway car as The Big Apple bakes this summer

Posted on July 16, 2024

B train

MTA suspends B train service during hellish morning commute caused by a switch problem

Posted on July 16, 2024

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Hochul signs bills requiring certification of volatile e-bike batteries, registration for mopeds

Posted on July 11, 2024

Self-driving vehicles

Self-driving shuttles testing this summer at JFK Airport parking lot

Posted on July 10, 2024

A B41 bus picks up passengers at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Activists, labor push for expanded bus lane along Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue

Posted on July 9, 2024

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Congestion Pricing: Feds appear blindsided by Hochul’s reversal of Manhattan toll program

Posted on July 9, 2024

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Third Avenue Bridge over Harlem River gets stuck after steel expands in oppressive heat

Posted on July 9, 2024

Yellow school buses sit outside PS K140 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in 2022.

School bus companies must stop idling vehicles, electrify fleets under settlement with AG James

Posted on July 8, 2024

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$16 billion funding agreement signed for Gateway Tunnel, construction finally starting under Hudson River

Posted on July 8, 2024

Police brass say recidivism remains ongoing problem with subway crime

Posted on July 8, 2024

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Bronx Times

DOT re-launches safe driving campaign at Yankee Stadium

MTA interim New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | Meet Demetrius Crichlow, the interim MTA New York City Transit boss

Posted on July 3, 2024

Electric Citi Bikes at a dock in Downtown Brooklyn on July 3, 2024.

Citi Bike hiking prices for second time this year, citing high costs of e-bike fleet

Posted on July 3, 2024

A train approaches on the tracks as passengers wait on the platform. Photo also shows an MTA ticket machine and a sign that says "To New York" on the platform.

Bronx Times

Bronx Metro-North proposal receives vote of approval from City Planning Commission

D subway train rolling into station

MTA boosting service on six subway lines as NYC rolls into Fourth of July weekend

Posted on July 2, 2024

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Brooklyn

Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn’s primary thoroughfare, may soon get a new bus lane

Posted on July 1, 2024

Union Square station

New York’s subways are loud, and they’re not getting any quieter: amNY checks the noise levels

Posted on July 1, 2024

A police cruiser in Prospect Park

Woman on Lower East Side killed in hit-and-run on FDR Drive

Posted on June 30, 2024

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks at press conference

Op-ed | Where the MTA goes from here, with congestion pricing on ice

Posted on June 30, 2024

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Bronx High School of Science student receives $10K prize for academic excellence and community service

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Race through summer: Here are July’s top runs in Queens

Top dog: Joey Chestnut returns, wins 17th title at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

Miss Simone is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall."

Film screening spotlights forthcoming documentary ‘Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall’