New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 02:45 PM EDT
Newsday. June 9, 2021. Editorial: Plan for MTA goes off track For a brief moment, there seemed to be a path forward...

Feinberg tapped as 1st woman to chair NYC transit authority

Jun. 08, 2021 05:34 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Feinberg has been nominated to chair New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and if confirmed, would become the first woman to...

Schumer: NYC must restore around-the-clock subway service

May. 02, 2021 06:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is demanding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority restore around-the-clock subway service in New York City,...

MTA expanding NYC subway nighttime operating hours

Feb. 15, 2021 05:33 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's subways will run for two more hours every day starting later this month, and the nightly system shutdown for cleaning will be...

FILE - This photo from Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, shows riders on a subway train wearing protective masks due to COVID-19 concerns in New York. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday launched a campaign that has celebrities including Jerry Seinfeld, Whoopi Goldberg, and Awkwafina making the announcements heard at subway stations, on trains, and buses. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
MTA brings celebrity voices to NYC transit announcements

Feb. 12, 2021 08:35 PM EST

Faces of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees who died of COVID-19 are displayed at Fulton Street station, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. The MTA is honoring its 136 employees who have died from the virus since the pandemic began with a digital memorial at 107 subway stations. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Video tribute honors 136 transit employees lost to COVID-19

By Karen Matthews And Deepti Hajela Jan. 25, 2021 12:50 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, file photo, people navigate the stairs of the Kew Gardens subway station in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. For the New York area’s public transit providers, 2020 was a year of existential challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic. Ridership and revenues cratered, more than 100 transit employees lost their lives and gaping budget holes could remain problematic for years. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
New year brings optimism for NY-area mass transit systems

By David Porter Dec. 29, 2020 07:40 AM EST

NYPD: Attack on woman of Asian descent possible hate crime

Dec. 24, 2020 12:04 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have opened a hate crime investigation into the assault last week of a woman of Asian descent riding the subway in...

FILE — In this Nov.18, 2020, file photo, commuters wear masks stepping on and off a subway car, in New York. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved a budget, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, that doesn't include threatened service cuts and fare hikes, though officials say those options remain a possibility. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
MTA OKs budget absent service cuts and fare hikes, for now

Dec. 16, 2020 02:09 PM EST

FILE - In this July 2, 2020, file photo, a contractor uses an electrostatic sprayer to disinfect subway cars to control the spread of COVID-19, in New York. The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has embarked on an aggressive cleaning and disinfecting program that will wind up costing it more than $1 billion, according to MTA officials. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Cash-strapped MTA details service cuts, fare and toll hikes

Nov. 18, 2020 04:35 PM EST

This May 19, 2019 photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows workers during the L Project subway tunnel rehabilitation, in New York. Eight years ago Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, Superstorm Sandy pushed the Hudson River over its banks, sending 8 feet of water onto underground tracks and leaving the main waiting room unusable for months. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which serves several million riders daily on subways, trains and buses, had to repair damage to more than a dozen bridges and tunnels, many pre-dating World War II, caused by tens of millions of gallons of saltwater. (Trent Reeves/Metropolitan Transportation Authority via AP)
8 years later, Sandy still costing transit systems billions

By David Porter Oct. 29, 2020 12:04 PM EDT

Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and CEO Patrick Foye gets a Covid test after a news conference to announce plans for the testing of its workers Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, at the Grand Avenue Bus Depot in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York to increase testing of public transit workers

Oct. 27, 2020 04:32 PM EDT

A man wearing a face shield as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus walks on a street in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. India reports 36,470 new coronavirus cases, the lowest in more than three months in a continuing downward trend. However, the overall tally neared 8 million, the second in the world behind the U.S. with over 8.7 million positive cases. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
The Latest: India capital has its worst 1-day virus caseload

By The Associated Press Oct. 27, 2020 05:09 AM EDT

FILE — In this July 19, 2017, file photo, Passengers disembark from a Long Island Rail Road commuter train, in Long Beach, on New York's Long Island. Motorists and mass transit riders in New York already facing fare and toll increases next year and in 2023 could face drastic service cuts if the federal government doesn't help the Metropolitan Transportation Authority out of a gaping budget hole brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a state comptroller's report released Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, FIle)
MTA hoping for federal dollars to forestall service cuts

By David Porter Oct. 13, 2020 11:18 AM EDT

A commuter, left, rides the subway without a face mask in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a new public service campaign to encourage mask usage as well as a new $50 fine policy for those who refuse to wear face coverings on subways, buses and commuter railroads. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NYC tries $50 fines to get scofflaws to don masks on subway

By David Porter Sep. 18, 2020 03:39 PM EDT

FILE- In this March 19, 2020 file photo, a commuter wears a face mask while riding the subway in New York. Commuters who refuse to wear a mask on New York City subways, trains and buses could be fined $50 starting Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Subway, bus riders face $50 fine for refusing to wear a mask

By Marina Villeneuve Sep. 10, 2020 02:24 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2020 02:14 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Roll Out Red Carpet To Entice Amazon Site To Our County ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 19, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and CEO Patrick Foye speaks during a news conference on new measures involving UV-C light technology to disinfect trains and buses during the coronavirus pandemic, in New York. New York's mass transit agency wants Apple to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks, as it seeks to guard against the spread of COVID-19 in buses and subways. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
MTA asks Apple's help to solve iPhone mask issues

By David Porter Aug. 10, 2020 09:00 AM EDT

Cuts, fare hikes, gas tax floated as MTA faces budget hole

By David Porter Jul. 22, 2020 01:40 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Fare and toll increases, wage freezes, service cuts and even a state gas tax were discussed Wednesday as the nation's largest transit agency...

A contractor cleans a subway car at the 96th Street station to control the spread of COVID-19, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in New York. Mass transit systems around the world have taken unprecedented — and expensive — steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including shutting down New York subways overnight and testing powerful ultraviolet lamps to disinfect seats, poles and floors. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Subways sparkle, but does cleaning decrease COVID-19 risk?

By David Porter Jul. 13, 2020 02:08 PM EDT