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In Manhattan, downtown [1] and [2] local skip Christopher St-Stonewall, Houston St, Canal St and Franklin St
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [2][3] skips Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen St
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [4] local skips Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen St
In the Bronx, no overnight [5] between Dyre Av and E 180 St
No [6] between Hunts Point Av and 125 St
In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform
In Manhattan, uptown [A] local skips 72 St, 81 St, 86 St, 96 St, 103 St, 110 St and 116 St
[E] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance in Queens.
No [D] between 59 St-Columbus Circle, Manhattan and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, Brooklyn
[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
Downtown [N][Q] trains are running with delays after track maintenance near 57 St/7 Av concluded.
The City Council is set to pass Romanch's Law Thursday, phasing out horse carriages by June 2028, and TWU Local 100 says it will seek a restraining order as soon as it passes, arguing the bill takes drivers' property without pay.
Speaker Julie Menin's amended bill phases out the industry by June 2028 and says only that the city should "consider" compensating drivers and owners for medallions, horses and carriages [19]. The union's lawyer argues that makes it an unconstitutional taking and promised to sue; Menin's office points to a worker transition program in the bill [19]. The ban gained its votes after 18-year-old tourist Romanch Mahajan was thrown from a carriage and killed in June; two prior mayors' bans died against union opposition [17].
“It offers nothing concrete for blue-collar drivers and carriage owners who will be financially crushed,”
“We are confident the legislation is grounded in the law and will be prepared to defend it.”
“We cannot bring Romanch back, but we can try to make sure that no other family suffers what we have suffered.”
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DOT finished installing red light cameras at 450 more intersections, reaching 600, the most state law allows, each mailing a $50 ticket to drivers who run the light.
DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn announced the expansion at Hoyt Avenue South and 21st Street in Astoria, where 38-year-old MTA worker Karina Larino was killed in a crosswalk in 2022 [71][76]. A 2024 state law let the city quadruple the program from 150 intersections, and notices arrive by mail within 30 days of the violation [71]. Albany has to reauthorize the cameras next year, and Assembly Member Diana Moreno wants more of them [71].
“This behavior is not only selfish, it's one of the most dangerous driving behaviors,”
“If anything can be done to avoid that, to avoid other families feeling the pain that I feel, that other families feel, yes, I will advocate,”
The city posted 40,000 more 9/11 documents, bringing its portal to 210,000 pages, among them 2002 task force notes quoting a city health lawyer: "We've been telling people everything is okay."
Lawyers' communications are public because the Mamdani administration waived attorney-client privilege on the records [95]. One December 2002 email shows the Law Department telling DEP to "refrain from getting involved" in certifying downtown buildings as contaminated, a step that would have unlocked EPA-paid cleanups [95]. A separate DOI inquiry into what officials knew is still running [92].
“We've been telling people everything is okay. We're just doing this to make people happy,”
“The Law Department is concerned that DEP certification that a facility is contaminated at a hazardous level will be used as evidence against the City”
Council Member Gale Brewer's Upper West Side office trapped a mouse and, rather than the usual ending, carried it in a little cup over to the nearby Wild Bird Fund. "A bird could benefit from the mouse. We love the birds," Brewer explained. [15]