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Trump signs order requiring truck drivers to speak English, pass literacy tests as 'communication problems' mount
President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring truck drivers to pass English literacy tests, which will bolster road safety, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy slams Gov. Hochul’s NYC congestion pricing as 'warped' war on the middle class
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed congestion pricing as Gov. Hochul’s “warped” war on the middle class.
Hochul will make good on threat to pull $1.3B from Penn Station overhaul after Trump booted MTA from project
Talks were largely stalled for weeks as the Governor refused to agree to changes lefty lawmakers had sought to her proposal to change laws around how evidence is presented ahead...
Trump admin boots gaffe-prone lawyers hours after they uploaded memo admitting plan to kill congestion pricing charge is 'very unlikely' to succeed
Three prosecutors filed the 11-page memo late Wednesday night and it was subsequently deleted from the docket.
Feds accidentally upload internal memo detailing plan to kill congestion pricing — and make stunning admission
Lawyers for the Department of Transportation appear to have accidentally uploaded an internal memo detailing the federal agency's plan to kill congestion pricing in New York.
Trump & Co. must put the brakes on idle threats and keep its vow to end congestion tax
On Monday, Department of Transporation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to Gov. Hochul extending the deadline to stop collecting congestion tolls again, but this time put some teeth on...
Hochul defies federal deadline to end NYC congestion toll: 'The cameras are staying on'
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she has no plans on complying with a federal deadline for New York City to end its deeply unpopular congestion pricing scheme, a spokesman for her...
Hochul, MTA set to blow off Trump April 20 deadline to kill congestion tolls
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to blow through another federal deadline meant to halt the $9 congestion toll to enter parts of Manhattan.
NYC takes up arms against White House in fight over congestion pricing: 'The president is not a king'
“The President is not a king, and defendants have no right to demand compliance with the administration’s unlawful directives," the lawsuit states.
NY has most dangerous public transit in America — but this state tops the most deaths: data
Mass transit in New York State is the most dangerous in the country, according to a new analysis of federal Department of Transportation data.
Is Trump going to kill the congestion pricing con or not?
The MTA and the federal Transportation Department agreed to a timeline that’ll prevent Judge Lewis Liman from ruling on congestion-pricing before summer.
Trump admin insists deadline for ending NYC congestion pricing is still April 20 -- despite agreement with MTA
The transportation department lambasted reports that the feds and MTA officials agreed to keep the $9 tolls at least temporarily in place.
NYC Chinatown residents demand end to open streets program that turns neighborhood into 's--tshow'
Chinatown residents want to put the brakes on the return of open street parties to Canal Street this spring, saying the city's move to close off part of the street...
NYC's already-controversial 'Open Streets' program revising rules to use public space for profit: 'Fresh kind of hell'
The NYC Department of Transportation is scheming to sell off prime public space it initially commandeered for its utopian “open streets” - to the highest bidder.
Trump's transportation chief says DOGE can help MTA cut 'fraud, waste and abuse' as he rides subways with NYC Mayor Adams
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy offered the notoriously spendthrift transit agency the help of Elon Musk's cost-cutting team after taking a two-stop subway ride with Mayor Eric Adams in New...
Booze for NYC outdoor dining gets green light after fears restaurants would be dry for summer
New York restaurants with "conditional approvals" for outdoor dining will be able to get liquor licenses, the city announced Wednesday -- ending fears it would be a boozeless al fresco...
NYC traffic deaths plummet in first quarter of 2025, officials report
Traffic-related deaths have plummeted in the Big Apple during the first quarter of the year, new city data released Wednesday shows.
NYC approves 2,400 outdoor-dining permits as al fresco season kicks off this week
"We were worried in the beginning. We're relieved we got approved for roadside dining," Brooklyn-based Caffe De Martini owner Stefano De Martini told The Post.
New Yorkers facing dry summer as outdoor booze applications lag: 'Absolute murder'
Only seven restaurants out of 3,000 hoping to set up al fresco have received outdoor liquor licenses from the State Liquor Authority, meaning thousands may not be able to legally...
Editorial: Fix the transit system we have before blowing $7.7B on a 2nd Ave. subway extension
MTA officials are begging Team Trump and New York lawmakers for billions to keep the trains running and fund $68 billion in capital projects.