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 ...
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Trump says he intends to 'kill' NYC congestion pricing, calls it ‘destructive to New York’
NEW YORK CITY - President Donald Trump said he intends to "kill" congestion pricing in New York City. Trump says it's hurting ...
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MTA calls congestion pricing ‘transformative' on commutes. Here's the impact so far
On Long Island, there has been an increase in ridership at five stations: New Hyde Park, Douglaston, Garden City, Ronkonkoma and Woodmere. While the MTA would not put a dollar figure on how much ...
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The deadly craze killing children across New York
More than 300,000 New York City school children use the subway to get to and from school each day. The NYPD reported that arrests of alleged subway surfers rose to 229 last year, up from 135 ...
MTA facing 'tumultuous period' with new conditions on immigration, birth rates, Chair Janno Lieber says
Testifying at a state budget hearing in Albany, MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said his agency is “in a tumultuous period ...
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Seeing more NYPD officers in the subway? We explain what’s happening.
Subway crime has trended down for several years, but several high-profile violent attacks in recent months have rattled ...
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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 ).
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 ...