MTA chair asks New York lawmakers to figure out how to raise billions the agency needs
The MTA says it needs more than $68 billion to fund its capital plan for subway improvements. The head of the agency told ...
MTA chair tells New York lawmakers the agency needs billions and it's up to them to figure out how to get it
The MTA says it needs more than $68 billion to fund its capital plan for subway improvements. The head of the agency told ...
Andreessen Horowitz Defends Hiring Subway Vigilante Who Became Right-Wing Hero
A memo circulated to investors seems to imply that hiring Daniel Penny will be good for the VC's public safety business.
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New York City commits to involuntary commitment
This is part of the city’s overnight homeless-outreach programme, Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness ( PATH ).
Hero, 15, saves female friend from mugging in NYC subway by migrants, one of whom is sprung by judge
A 15-year-old boy said he was with a gal pal when a pair of drunk migrants mugged him at a Brooklyn subway station -- and was ...
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To fund NYC subway fixes, MTA must undo decades of distrust
MTA Chair Janno Lieber is heading to Albany on Thursday to ask lawmakers to fund the largest construction program in the ...
Third boy busted for taking stolen Brooklyn R subway train on joyride
The 15-year-old boy was nabbed in Coney Island Thursday morning after he was identified as one of seven youths involved in ...
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MTA's Janno Lieber confronts Albany with risks of underfunding transit
During a state budget hearing in Albany, Lieber pulled out framed New York Post and Daily News covers from 2017's “Summer of ...
Anti-Israel protester gets wrist-slap for trying to ID ‘Zionists’ on packed NYC subway train
An anti-Israel protester got a slap on the wrist for allegedly barging onto a packed Manhattan subway train last summer and ...
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Op-ed: Why congestion pricing is essential to New York’s economic future
Make no mistake: congestion pricing is essential to New York’s economic future. And it isn’t just about faster commutes—it’s about ensuring the future of our transit system and the jobs it supports – ...
MTA honcho quiet on plan to fill $33B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency’s $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from ...