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Uptown [1][2] trains are running with delays after we conducted track maintenance near 72 St.
Uptown [2][4] trains are running with delays while we address a signal problem near Bergen St.
No [6] between Hunts Point Av and 125 St
Flushing-Main St-bound [7] trains are delayed while we move equipment into place for planned track maintenance near Queensboro Plaza.
[A][H] trains are delayed in both directions while the South Channel Bridge opens, allowing marine traffic to pass.
No downtown [E] at 7 Av, 50 St, 42 St-Port Authority, 34 St-Penn Station, 23 St and 14 St No [E] at Spring St, Canal St and World Trade Center
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [F] skips Avenue P, Avenue N, Bay Pkwy and Avenue I All trains at 18 Av board from the Coney Island-bound platform
No [L] between Lorimer St, Brooklyn and 8 Av, Manhattan
Uptown [N] trains are running with delays after we performed a rail replacement at City Hall.
Gov. Hochul named Attorney General Letitia James special prosecutor in the Cornell fraternity case and backed a bill letting prosecutors charge rape when a victim voluntarily drank or took drugs to the point of incapacity.
James opened an active criminal investigation into the alleged 2024 assault at Cornell's Chi Phi house after Hochul removed Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten, who declined charges two years ago [1][13]. The Times reported the accuser's police interview ran about 120 pages, while prosecutors got a six-page statement that left out her saying she was raped [1]. Under current law, someone is "mentally incapacitated" only if drugged without consent, which is why the Senate keeps passing a fix that dies in the Assembly [4][9].
“Voluntary intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang rape. Period.”
“It has become clear that we were not provided the full picture by the University.”
“We did not have enough votes within the Majority conference to pass the bill,”
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GothamistThe Astoria-born cookie chain emailed staff Thursday evening that they would not be needed Friday morning, and shut every store in New York, New Jersey and Texas.
Chip City opened its first store at 30-06 34th St. in Astoria in July 2017 and had already closed its Connecticut and Virginia shops in recent weeks [80]. Workers will be paid through Oct. 18, but state law requires 90 days' notice before a mass closure, and a violator can owe up to 60 days of back pay [80]. Days earlier, co-founder Peter Phillips sued over his severance; QNS notes nothing ties that dispute to the closures [80].
“Consumers are spending less, and their preferences are evolving, and that has negatively impacted our sales.”
“I guess $5 cookies with the economy the way it is, that may be part of the problem,”
A Manhattan-bound A train dragged Yaw Boahene, 57, to his death at Utica Avenue; Gothamist reports the conductor told investigators he was unsure he kept his head out the window as the train left.
The MTA rulebook requires conductors to watch the platform with their heads out until the train has moved 75 feet [31]. According to Gothamist's source, the conductor said he avoided leaning out because he had been assaulted on the job and had never been trained on the sweep [28]. Utica's curved platform is covered by monitors, but the new R211 cars are 60 feet long, so the cab window sits about a foot off from the screens [28]. The conductor and train operator are both out of service while the MTA and NTSB investigate [28].
“This is a very, very, very rare instance. The equipment is designed to prevent this from happening,”
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Mayor Mamdani got his flu shot in Fort Greene on Friday next to Curtis Sliwa, the Guardian Angels founder he beat last November. Sliwa, who survived being shot five times in 1992, told the mayor "I know about getting shot," then grew nervous as the needle approached and asked, "What happens if I faint?" Mamdani took his hand: "I've got you." Then Sliwa held up his I-got-my-flu-shot button and asked whether it could replace his OMNY card on the subway [16].