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Trump Budget Would Ax Capital Funding for NYC Subway and Bus Projects (Post) MTA Budget for Signal Repairs Is Declining, Projects Years Behind Schedule (AMNY, Post, News) Cuomo’s Transit Solution: Get More People Driving Into Manhattan (Voice) Congestion Pricing Killer Richard Brodsky Has Thoughts on Fixing the MTA (News) Judge Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees Entitled to Benefits (Politico, AMNY) Scenes From […]

Bus Driver Kills Citi Bike Rider Dan Hanegby, 36, in Chelsea (NYT, Post, News, DNA) Hit-and-Run Drivers, One With TLC Plates, Kill Gabriel Garcia in Mott Haven (News, NY1) LIRR Will Try to Siphon Riders to Buses and Ferries This Summer (Politico, NYT, Gothamist) Related: Cuomo’s MTA Suggests People Arrange Lives Around Broken Transit System (Post) Gothamist Dings Cuomo for Pandering to Motorists as […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Daniel Nelson, 59, in Tottenville (Advance, News) Cuomo Hasn’t Ruled Out Appointing Enforcer Larry Schwartz as MTA Chair (NYT) NJ Transit Releases Altered Summer Schedule (NYT, AMNY) Cuomo Prepares for Penn Station Disruptions With Expedited Road Work (News, NY1) Planning Commission Approves East Midtown Rezoning (DNA) TWU’s BQX Endorsement a Pleasant Surprise to Team de Blasio […]

Albany Has No Plans to Help NYC Transit Riders, Which Suits Carl Heastie Just Fine (Politico) Related: De Blasio Pressures Cuomo to Step Up (News) Amy Cohen: Politics Mustn’t Block Life-Saving Speed Cameras (News); News Previews Today’s Rally LIRR Service Is the Worst It’s Been in 10 Years (WSJ [Paywall]) Former City Official: NYC’s Transit System Is Screwed; Here’s Why […]

Motorist Kills Jason Tseng, 80, on Hylan Boulevard — No Charges Filed (Advance, DNA) Unlicensed Driver Hits Mother and Two Toddlers on Far Rockaway Sidewalk (News, AMNY, NY1, DNA) De Blasio and Cuomo’s MTA Duck Responsibility for Fair Fares (Gothamist) Gersh Kuntzman Wants More Bike-Share in NYC (News) Politico Sizes Up the Race to Succeed Melissa Mark-Viverito […]

Cuomo’s MTA Won’t Even Tell You Why Your Train Isn’t Moving (News) What Cuomo and de Blasio Miss by Not Taking Transit: AMNY, Voice, NYT, NY1, Gothamist Switch Failure Stalled LIRR, NJ Transit, and Amtrak Trains Tuesday Evening (Post) Danny Dromm Steps Up to Fill the MTA Leadership Vacuum as Team Cuomo Snarks (Politico) How Jeffrey Dinowitz Can Atone […]