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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...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N.Y., where the Toronto Blue Jays are scheduled to play several home games due to restrictions in cross-border travel between the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)
New York to let vaccinated people ditch masks

By Marina Villeneuve May. 17, 2021 08:26 AM EDT

NY to push to get subway riders, college students vaccinated

By Marina Villeneuve May. 10, 2021 01:49 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As the pace of COVD-19 vaccinations has slowed, New York officials are trying a mix of mandates and incentives to overcome hesitancy,...

People ride escalators at Washington Metro's Dupont Circle station, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling with a new uncertainty: how to win passengers back. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year

By Hope Yen, Christopher Weber, Sophia Tareen And David Porter May. 02, 2021 08:13 AM EDT

A woman waits to board a train as it arrives at Metro Center station, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling with a new uncertainty: how to win passengers back. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year

By Hope Yen, Christopher Weber, Sophia Tareen And David Porter May. 02, 2021 08:09 AM EDT

New York gets go-ahead on plan to charge congestion tolls

By David Porter Mar. 30, 2021 04:25 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — New York received a key approval Tuesday to move ahead on a long-delayed plan to charge motorists an additional toll to enter Manhattan's core,...

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

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

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

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

An employee wearing a face mask and face shield stands to guide passengers to maintain a one-way walk flow as a precaution against the coronavirus at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The Latest: South Korea stays in downward infection trend

By The Associated Press Sep. 10, 2020 04:15 AM EDT

Transit workers demand protections as NY re-opens

By Marina Villeneuve Aug. 25, 2020 07:00 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Unions representing New York transit workers are demanding swift access to protective gear, better enforcement of mask-wearing and...

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