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De Blasio ārepresentatives spike plan to renovate subway stations
A plan to renovate some dilapidated subwāay stations around the city, including Penn Station, was put on ice Wednesday when the cityās representatives on the MTA board refused to vote...
Cops, MTA crack down on š¦¹littering šsubway riders
Since fines for littering on the subway doubled to $100 in mid-September, cops have been cracking down on sloppy straphangers. MTA police issued 200 littering tickets between Sept. ą·“14 and...
Here's proof that your subway ride is hell
Last week, subway commuters faced a tanglą·“e of delays, detours and cancellations. Electrical problems, switch problems, signal problems and a brš„oken rail wreaked havoc on the A, B, C, D,...
MTā±A chief drops F-bomb on hot mļ·ŗic
MTA Chairman Joe Lhota was caught on a hot mic dropping an F-bomb during a board šÆmeeting on Wednesday. "As if Iš don't have enough f--king problems," he muttered after...
Group wants MTA boss Joāe Lhota probed over lobbšÆying
A government watchdog group is demanding that state investigators launch a probe into MTA Chief Joe Lhotaź¦ 's lobbying activities. Common Cause Nš³ew York sent a letter to New York State...
Transit workers call on cops to help kick homeless, drunks ošØšÆff trains
ā City transit workers say there are so many passed-out drunks and snoozing homeless people on subway trains at the end of their lines that they need the NYPDās help to...
MTA officials mad over extended 'state of emergency'
āMetropolitan Transportation Authority officials are furious that Gov. Cuomo has now extended the transit agencyās āstate of emergencyā designation for the fourthš² time, with board members saying chairman Joe Lhota...
Citizens Union won't endorse de Blasio for mayor
In a stunning slap at Mayor de Blasio, one of the cityās leading civic groups announced Monday that išt is not mš³aking an endorsement in the mayorās race for the...
ź¦ŗ š The MTA is completely out of touch
New York Cityās subways are crumbling. Delays cost the city $389 million a year in lost wages and producÜ«tivity, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer. Police have quit arresting turnstile-jumpers...
Sāubway delays are cosź¦¬ting New Yorkers millions: study
The Big Appleās aging, rotten subways are not just making ridš»ers late ā but poor as well. Delayed straphangers lose a cumulative average of $1.2 million a workday in economic... ź§
MTA reź¦moves seats from E train cars
E train riders, get ready to stand foā¦r that long commute home. The MTA has removed ąµ²some seats from some of its E train cars to make more room for...
ź§ MTA wants to fix flaw in sleą²ep-apnea rules
MTA Chairmšan Joe Lhota wants the agency to fix a major flaw in its sleep-apnea rules, which allow bus and train operators suspected of having the potentially deadly condition to...
š„ Joe Lhota says MTA needs money for repairs pronto ā
MTA Chair Joe š¼Lhota said Monday he doesnāt oppose Mayor de Blasioās proposed āmillionaireās taxā to fund future subway fāix-upsā but it does nothing to pay for the repairs that...
Even if it gets the subway fixed, the MTA ź§is still broken
The state-run MTA has four new people š¶in charge: one for āinnovation and modernization,ā one for day-to-day operations, one for big projects like the Second Avenue Subway and one ā...
š Subways may shut down more overnight for repairs
Straphangers can expect to see more subway lines shut down overnight for repairs, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said Sunday ā while vowing to find creative ways to get the funding.ā...
Trump's trans misread and other comments
Reporter: Trump Misread Transgender Ban Politics In āshort-circuiting a Pentagon process to decide how to integrate transgender troops,ā President Trump āhas increased the chances that he āwill not get his...
MTA rips de Blasio for apparently holding a subway traš³in
Transit officials are investigating why a packed subway š ·train was delayed by a news conference Mayor de Blasio held in the station, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said Thursday. Lhota called...
Cuomo wilź¦æl let companies name subway stops āš¦ for a price
New York cošmpanies will get naming rights to subway station if they contribute at least $600,000 for upkeep, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. "We want the private sector as full...
š MTA says riders deserve a break from fare hikes
No fare. The MTA should put ź§the brakes on future subway fare hikes because it can't keep asking beleaguered commuters to foot the bill for the increasingly crummy system, the... š
Lhota's big plan to fix the subway
MTA Chairman Joe Lhotą¶£a stepped up to the plate Tuesday and uttered the words that neither Gov. Cuomo nor Mayor de Blasio would use: ą¶£āHold me accountable,ā he says, for...