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 ...
Kids in New York keep dying while 'subway surfing' on top of trains. Can they be stopped?
Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of ...
Bloody outbreak of NYC subway crime leaves at least 5 hurt in stabbings, slashings and a beating: cops
In the most recent burst of violence, a man was slashed on his hand as he tried to disarm a knife-wielding woman on board a ...
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 ...
Gothamist21h
To fund NYC subway fixes, MTA must undo decades of distrust
MTA Chair Janno Lieber is heading to Albany on Thursday to ask lawmakers to fund the largest construction program in the ...
The Economist16h
New York City commits to involuntary commitment
This is part of the city’s overnight homeless-outreach programme, Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness ( PATH ).
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Is New York’s subway going under? Funding initiatives tackle crime and cleanliness
It comes as no surprise that New York City’s subway system has served as a crucial hub for transportation. Across all five boroughs, the subway guarantees millions of people their destination every ...
MTA pitches $68 billion capital plan in Albany amid concerns over federal funding
MTA boss Janno Lieber went before state lawmakers Thursday, defending the transit agency’s $68 billion capital budget in an ...
Hero, 15, saves female friend from mugging in NYC subway by migrants, one of whom is sprung by judge
A 15-year-old boy said he was with a gal pal when a pair of drunk migrants mugged him at a Brooklyn subway station -- and was ...
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Fare evasion down on MTA systems during past six months
From June 2024 through December 2024, subway fare evasion went down 26 percent and bus evasion went down 9.1 percent after ...
The man pushed onto New York's subway tracks says he will ride again
A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train in New York City says that in spite of the ...
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NYC subway violence is concentrated at a sliver of stations and times, report finds
While major crime on the subway is rare for the MTA’s millions of daily commuters, serious assaults in transit more than tripled between 2009 and last year, from about 150 to 540, according to Vital ...