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File photo: Kevin Coughlin / Governor's Office

Op-Ed: Governor, Public Transit Doesn’t Need a Billionaire Techie

By Danny Pearlstein | May 8, 2020 | No Comments

Public transit doesn't need another billionaire disruptor with big ideas and a slide deck, governor.

Police from Transit Bureau 30 shut down an open street in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday.

NYPD Didn’t Get The Memo, Shuts Down Open Street in Downtown Brooklyn

By Julianne Cuba | May 8, 2020 | No Comments

Everything was worked out, eventually, after the cops left with their bagels.

Crush city: the combined bike and pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Melodie Bryant

EXCUSES, EXCUSES: DOT Offers Entirely New Rationale for Not Making 59th St. Bridge Safe for Peds, Cyclists

By Dave Colon and Julianne Cuba | May 6, 2020 | No Comments

The outer lane of the roadway is not safe enough for people on foot who might fall over a low fence, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg now says.

Damn, you're telling me scenes like this have almost bankrupted the MTA? Photo: Kate Hinds

Transit Watchdogs: Raiding MTA Taxes Will Threaten A Federal Bailout

By Dave Colon | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Governor: Keep your hands off tax money that's supposed to go to the cash-strapped MTA!

This doesn't happen very much, but now it won't happen between 1 and 5 a.m.

SHUTDOWN: In Historic Move, Cuomo Eliminates Early Morning Subway Service for Cleaning

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Gov. Cuomo has just announced that subway service will be shut down from 1 to 5 a.m. every day so that the system can be completely disinfected every 24 hours.

There's a hiring freeze, but no official cop rollback. Photo: Caitlin Plaut

Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Kicking homeless people off of subway trains one stop before the end of the line is not a housing policy, advocates say.

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