Weather
83°70°
Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
87% chance of rain
Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
87% chance of rain
Wakefield-241 St-bound [2] trains are running with delays after NYPD responded to an unauthorized person on the tracks at 3 Av/149 St.
Uptown [4][6] trains are running with delays after a rail replacement near 138 St-Grand Concourse concluded.
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 Brooklyn, Coney Island-bound [F] and Church Av-bound [G] skip 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy
No [N] service in Manhattan
[Q] service is rerouted via the [D] and [F] in Manhattan
No late night [R] between Whitehall St-South Ferry and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr [R] runs express between Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and 36 St
The shed on your block can stay up through February, and thousands of restaurants that quit the program now have a reason to come back.
Mayor Mamdani signed the City Council's outdoor dining package Monday, ending the rule that forced restaurants to dismantle and store their roadway sheds every year between Nov. 30 and March 31 [99][92]. Roadway cafes now have to close at 11 p.m., and operators can enclose the structures against snow and cold [92]. The weekly rule that owners lift the floorboards and clean underneath stays [99]. DOT opens its application portal in early September; an existing operator pays $630 for a transition permit to stay open past Nov. 30, on top of the $1,050 license and operation fee plus rent for the road space [89][92].
“Outdoor dining transformed our city once before”
“Adams-era regulations of outdoor dining nearly broke this program”
“If you only knew how big something like this is for restaurants, these mom and pop operations”
Gothamist
Nine days before school starts, the city owes its daycare providers money, and some are covering payroll out of their own pockets.
Mamdani and Chancellor Kamar Samuels committed $43 million Monday to fix the contract and payment delays that have left 3-K and pre-K operators unpaid for weeks, days before free 2-K launches [72][74]. The city will hire 200 staffers in the Education Department's Division of Early Childhood Education, roughly tripling the number of people processing contracts, and promised interest-free bridge loans within five business days of an application [72][74]. The system runs on private operators who win city contracts, and until the contract is registered, no money moves. Deputy Chancellor Simone Hawkins, who built the 2-K program, leaves this month with no named successor [75].
“We are bringing every resource to bear to get providers paid, get classrooms open and make sure families have the care they were promised”
“Most of us live check to check.”
“It's a mess”
GothamistA nurse walking home from an overnight shift was killed in the crosswalk on a corridor the city drew a fix for three years ago and never built.
Jiayi Zheng, 28, a nurse at NYU Langone-Brooklyn, was crossing Third Avenue at 55th Street in the crosswalk with the right of way around 7:40 a.m. Saturday when a southbound Cadillac struck her and kept going [20][39]. No arrests. That stretch of Third Avenue runs under the Gowanus Expressway, and DOT presented a redesign for it in 2023 that was never implemented [20]. Mamdani said Monday the city will now move forward with the redesign, without giving a date [39].
“There has been a plan to redesign Third Avenue that has been gathering dust while the community begs for improvements”
“When it comes to Third Avenue specifically, we are going to be moving forward with the redesign of Third Avenue that has been stalled for quite some time”
“Just over a year ago we lost two elderly neighbors to a similar crash, and 3rd Ave remains one of the most dangerous corridors in Brooklyn.”
Streetsblog New York City
Around 7 p.m. Friday, a Manhattan-bound R train pulled out of Forest Hills-71st Avenue carrying a reigning champion in a cape. Subway Mania, the cosplay wrestling promotion an East Harlem filmmaker started a decade ago with a replica title belt his mother gave him, ran a full card between the poles: Robby Revolutionary defending against a challenger in a Rey Mysterio mask, riders climbing onto seats to film a hurricanrana thrown while the train rolled under Queens Boulevard. "It's like a standard wrestling show. You get cheers for the babyfaces, you get the boos for the heels," said Jalen Vasquez, the masked one. Most kids cannot buy a wrestling ticket, the founder points out, but they can see a match for a $3 fare. [105][93]