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In Manhattan, no [1] between 34 St-Penn Station and South Ferry
No [2] between 34 St-Penn Station, Manhattan and Flatbush Av, Brooklyn In the Bronx, [5] replaces [2] between E 180 St and Wakefield-241 St
Overnight [3] is suspended
In the Bronx, Woodlawn-bound [4] skips Burnside Av
In the Bronx, Pelham Bay Park-bound [6] skips Brook Av, Cypress Av, E 143 St, E 149 St and Longwood Av All trains board from the downtown platform at 3 Av-138 St
In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform
[E][F] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance in Queens.
In the Bronx, no [D] at Norwood-205 St
[L] trains are delayed in both directions while we conduct an investigation at 8 Av.
In Brooklyn, Coney Island-bound [N] local skips Union St, 4 Av/9 St, Prospect Av and 25 St
In Brooklyn, Bay Ridge-bound [R] skips Union St, 4 Av/9 St, Prospect Av and 25 St
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 32 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 94 |
| NY | 26 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 95 |
A campaign-trail threat met the limits of the mayor's office, and the backlash didn't wait for the fine print.

Mamdani said Tuesday he lacks "independent legal authority" to arrest Netanyahu under the ICC's 2024 warrant, reversing his campaign vow [13][19]. He wants Washington to execute the warrant instead, and will leave protests to New Yorkers when Netanyahu visits for the UN General Assembly [7][13].
“It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.”
“Mayor Mamdani knew that he does not have legal authority to arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu”

The freeze survived a campaign and a board vote; now it has to survive a judge.

Seven landlord LLCs sued in Staten Island court to void the Rent Guidelines Board's June 25 freeze on roughly 1 million stabilized apartments, saying Mamdani's appointees "manipulated" cost data [37][51]. Justice Porzio set a Sept. 2 hearing and ordered City Hall-to-board records turned over [37]. Randy Mastro, Eric Adams' former deputy mayor, represents the landlords [37].
“The Board's June 25 determination was the result of a corrupted and compromised process”
“Tenants won a rent freeze because the economic data and tenant testimony clearly supported one.”

The cooling towers that killed five New Yorkers are now feeding a fight between the mayor and his own Council speaker.

A fifth person died in the Upper East Side Legionnaires' outbreak, with more than 80 sickened and eight hospitalized, Mamdani said Wednesday; 34 cooling towers in Carnegie Hill and Yorkville have tested positive since testing began July 2 [19]. Speaker Julie Menin accused City Hall of moving too slowly and scheduled an emergency hearing [19][1].
“I'm heartbroken by these losses.”
“Tighten up the rules to get better communication, to have more proactive testing.”



For 34 years, sanitation worker Nelson Molina pulled objects off his East Harlem truck route before they hit the compactor, 55,000 of them: lamps, mannequins, an antique clock fixed with tools also fished from the trash, a Star of David welded from Ground Zero steel [103]. He built them into a second-floor gallery inside the Sanitation garage on East 99th Street and called himself an "accidental curator." The gallery closed when the pandemic hit in 2020 and hasn't reopened over structural concerns, so the museum of everything New York threw away sits behind a locked door with no landmark status and no moving date [103].