Hochul plan to increase commitments of mentally ill raises specters of the past
The goal is to get the more of the mentally ill into psychiatric hospitals and outpatient care. However, some fear it is a ...
‘Subway surfing’ trend is killing NYC kids at a higher rate than ever — how the MTA can stop it
The NYPD reported that arrests of alleged subway surfers rose to 229 last year, up from 135 the year before. Most were boys, with an average age of around 14, according to police. The youngest was 9 ...
MTA chair asks New York lawmakers to figure out how to raise billions the agency needs
The MTA says it needs more than $68 billion to fund its capital plan for subway improvements. The head of the agency told ...
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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 ...
NYC’s most rat-infested subway stops both in one neighborhood — but some riders not surprised: ‘You’ll see one’
Harlem has more vermin scurrying through its subway stations than any other neighborhood in the five boroughs, new data shows ...
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"They think we can’t see them" — Internet reacts to guy finding "secret" police station behind the mirrors in a New York subway
The New York City subway is well-known for being one of the busiest rapid transit rail systems in the world, with 472 ...
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Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage
The J/Z’s Woodhaven Boulevard station in Queens is the first stop in the system where elevators bypass an existing turnstile level and deposit riders directly at the platform.