Hochul will make good on threat to pull $1.3B from Penn Station overhaul after Trump booted MTA from project
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is good for her threat to withdraw $1.3 billion in state funding aimed at overhauling the much-anticipated Penn Station, she said Friday — that negotiations over her massive budget proposals have been dragged out. Hochul proposed that cash would be directed towards initiatives to address “fare avoidance and other issues” […]
Hochul, MTA set to blow off Trump deadline to kill congestion tolls
As NYC mayorate Eric Adams administration has sparked her in lawsuit and supported her to keep the highly controversial scheme alive, Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to blow another federal deadline intended to halt $9 traffic casualties to enter parts of Manhattan. Both the city and the state Department of Transport on Friday joined the […]
Metro-North worker accused of stealing about $206K over six months: MTA police
A longtime MTA worker was arrested Tuesday, authorities said. Tom Shabany, a cashier on the Metro North Railroad who worked for White Plains and logged 24 years on transport, was charged with a second grand theft when Westchester County District Attorney Susan Kakers described it as an “extraordinary violation of trust” on Wednesday. According to […]
MTA greenlights $250M for consultants to expand Second Avenue subway — which they claim will cost $4.3B per mile to build
MTA spending is like a runaway train. The Metropolitan Transportation Board tickled nearly $250 million on Wednesday for consultants on the already expensive and long-term second-venue extension of the already huge and expensive second-venue subway extension. Phase 2 of the Megaplan is expected to inhale $7.7 billion, or about $4.3 billion per mile, if you […]
Monster fence for chaotic MTA project killing NYC businesses: ‘We are helpless’
Companies along the once-thriving Bronx block have slowly died thanks to a chaotic MTA construction project that chased customers and invited homeless people. Metropolitan Transportation cut storefront lines from the neighborhood in the fall as part of a restoration project at Van Cortland Park-242nd Street Station in Fieldston. The giant fence cut off a block […]
MTA to revive popular program that allows students with autism to record PSAs for NYC’s subway system
The MTA said it would reverse courses and revive a popular program that will allow autistic students to record public service announcements across the metro system. Transit Agency cancelled the program in 2024 and informed the leaders of the group working with children with autism that it refused to continue this year's application. The Metropolitan […]
MTA cancels subway announcement program for kids with autism
Avoid Heartless MTAs! MTA cancelled popular programs that allow Students With autism Both the stunning Big Apple parents and their children are made in the same way to document the public announcements that will be played throughout the subway system. Many young people with autism spectrum disorder love the subway and often focus on train […]
Women reunited with ring she dropped in subway grate thanks to MTA employees
This subway story has a lattice over. Thanks to the kindness of MTA employees, a Bronx woman who dropped her beloved and sentimental rings onto the metro grate on the sidewalk, is reunited with a precious gem. “This is a very overwhelming moment for me because this ring has been on my finger for 25 […]
MTA sues to keep congestion pricing in place after Trump’s DOT pulled approval
The MTA has already filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from pulling out plugs for a highly unpopular congestion price hike in New York City. In a statement issued within an hour after U.S. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter notifying Governor Kathy Hochul, MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber praised the […]
NYC subway rider Jenny Saint Pierre gave birth on MTA train missing Florida woman
The brand new mom who gave birth to her daughter on the Manhattan subway on Wednesday is identified as a Florida woman who has been missing since August, according to the report. Jenny St. Pierre, 25, was reported to have been missing by her family when she disappeared from her hometown in Hallandale Beach in […]