As the subway slowly climbs out of its lowest point in decades, the MTA remains stuck in a state of emergency – as it has been for nearly two years. And there doesn’t appear to be any end in sight to an executive order that’s allowed the MTA to sign off on more than $327 […]
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Congestion Digestion: What You Need to Know About the MTA Budget Boosters
Tucked into the $175.5 billion state budget the New York Legislature passed in the wee hours Monday are measures to stabilize the financially precarious Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The deal struck by Gov. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie aims to infuse as much as $25 billion into subways, buses and […]
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Barging In: City Suit Seeks to Sink Sailing Signage
A new lawsuit aims to torpedo the advertising efforts of a Florida company whose floating digital billboards have made a splash along New York’s waterways, THE CITY has learned. The suit, filed by the de Blasio administration in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday morning, accuses Ballyhoo Media of “repeatedly violating” city zoning laws that, since […]
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No Fare: 1 in 5 Bus Riders Don’t Pay
The MTA is getting taken for a ride: New agency numbers show a spike in bus passengers who don’t pay the fare. More than one in five bus riders – close to 370,000 every day – skipped paying in the last three months of 2018, according to new figures that show the MTA lost about […]
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As Hudson Yards Rises, Broken Subway Escalators Make for Steep Climbs
Hudson Yards, officially opening Friday, is brand new — but the sprawling city within-a-city is already up against an old problem. The 34 Street–Hudson Yards subway station, which connects 7 train riders to the new $25 billion retail and residential complex, has three of the 10 most failure-prone subway escalators in Manhattan, according to the […]