Shower trucks stand at the ready as Mayor Eric Adams awaits a green light from the federal government.
Airports
Posted inImmigrants
Asylum-Seekers Arrive at LaGuardia Airport, Unsure Where to Go Next
Texas charities are now sending migrant families to NYC on airplanes, not buses — yet airports lack the migrant support amassed at Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Posted inAirports, Economy
Port Authority Gets Frosty on $27 Airport Beers
An audit by the agency’s inspector general, launched after a report by THE CITY, found that customers paid “totally indefensible” prices.
Posted inTaxis
Runway to Taxi Gets Longer as Cab Shortage Hits Thanksgiving Airport Travelers
New York City’s local airports expect to see the most travelers in two years this week — but flyers should brace for long waits at taxi stands. An analysis of Taxi & Limousine Commission data by THE CITY shows the number of yellow taxis plunged from 11,302 in September 2019 to 6,218 two years later […]
Posted inAccessibility, Airports, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, MTA, Queens, Transit
Mets Station Accessibility Project Up In the Air as AirTrain Derails
With plans to build an AirTrain terminal at Willets Point benched, accessibility advocates hope that long-delayed upgrades to the Long Island Rail Road station there will finally be on deck. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on Tuesday opted to “pause further action” on the $2.1 billion rail connection between LaGuardia Airport, […]
Posted inTransportation
Many of Cuomo’s Big Transit Projects Remain Divisive, Incomplete
New York’s outgoing governor liked to cast himself as a master builder of transportation projects, regularly invoking the specter of Robert Moses in speeches at rail stations and airports. From the opening of the Second Avenue Subway in 2017, to the ongoing renovation of LaGuardia Airport and the recent overhaul of Penn Station, Gov. Andrew […]
Posted inAirports
Port Authority’s Inspector General to Probe Sky-High Airport Food Prices After ‘$27.85 Beer’ Fiasco
An investigation into high-flying prices on food and beverage concessions at the region’s three major airports is set for takeoff. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey officials said Thursday that the bi-state agency’s new inspector general will examine whether OTG — the company that runs concessions at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty — […]