Homeless advocacy groups sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday, seeking to block Covid-19 rules that they say effectively ban the homeless from sheltering in New York City subway trains and stations.
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In the 21st century version of fireside chats, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo showed viewers a dramatic piece of data Wednesday, contrasting the downward slope of coronavirus cases in the New York metro area against the still-ascending mountain seen across the nation.
Read moreInsisting that he has nothing to do with the $111-an-hour pay rate that New York City’s “sandhogs” earn for digging subway tunnels, Gary LaBarbera brought a defamation suit Wednesday against The Center for Union Facts.
Read moreRecounting nearly a dozen cases of tragedy on New York City’s subway tracks, one woman who had a close call brought a federal class action Wednesday demanding safety reforms.
Read morePolice officers who handcuffed a teenage train enthusiast they worried was trying to sabotage the railroad should not face false-arrest claims, the Second Circuit ruled Friday.
Read morePromising action on New York City’s chronic subway delays and train derailments, the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveiled a more than $800 million emergency plan effective immediately – as soon as the dysfunctional political system sorts out funding.
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The union for New York City transportation workers claims in a federal complaint that the brass is muzzling awareness of their wage dispute by misclassifying a proposed advertising campaign as political.
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