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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
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
Downtown [A][D] trains are running with delays after we requested EMS/NYPD for a person in need on a train at 42 St.
[E] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance in Queens
[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
The City Council voted 40 to 7 to ban horse-drawn carriages, which must stop operating by June 1, 2028, and Mayor Mamdani's office says he will sign it.
Romanch's Law is named for Romanch Mahajan, the 18-year-old tourist killed in June after jumping from a carriage in Central Park [7]. It requires City Hall to write a job-transition plan for drivers and bars selling the horses for slaughter or to other carriage businesses; owners may keep their horses [15]. The bill only asks the administration to consider compensating medallion owners, which TWU Local 100 calls an unconstitutional taking [22]. Mayors Koch, de Blasio and Adams all tried and failed to curb the industry [26].
“When Romanch Mahajan was taken from his family, from our city, from the world, it was a turning point,”
“We will see them in court. This bill is blatantly unconstitutional, providing nothing but a plan to draft a plan.”
“Who's going to pay my rent while I'm looking for a job?”
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Gothamist
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The MTA started a $1.9 billion job to replace 1930s signals on the A and C between High Street and Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard, with a nine-day A train shutdown starting Nov. 7.
Old signals only show which section of track a train occupies; the new system, CBTC, tracks each train's exact position and speed, so trains can safely run closer together [95]. Congestion pricing revenue pays for it [91]. From Nov. 7, A trains stop between Rockaway Boulevard and Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard for nine days, with shuttle buses at the three stations [93]. The MTA's other signal projects are running nine months to three years late, per a 2025 consultant report [93].
“We are saying goodbye to those 1930s signals,”
GothamistThe Council voted 38 to 9 to give certified nonprofits 20 days to signal interest and 70 more to bid when one of about 2,100 distressed buildings goes up for sale.
Owners are not forced to sell to the nonprofits, but must notify the city and give them a chance to compete or match outside offers [69]. Covered buildings include those with three Class B or C violations per unit and HPD-regulated buildings of 100 units or fewer [77]. Lawmakers shrank the bill from roughly 10,000 eligible buildings, and the Real Estate Board of New York dropped its opposition [65]. Mamdani has pledged to sign it [65].
“Buying and preserving some of the housing we already have is the most immediate way to stop displacement,”
“The Council has been responsive to stakeholders, but we're still missing the forest for the trees,”
City Limits
On the night the Knicks won the title, Yvonne Gonzalez-Bradford was seven months pregnant, and she and Vance Bradford opened the windows of their 29th-floor Long Island City apartment to hear the city chanting "Knicks in five!" [149]. The next day she suggested Knickson; two days later, Fyve. Knickson Fyve Bradford was born Aug. 8 at 8 pounds, 8 ounces, on his mother's birthday. Vance's mother, Sydell Johnson, was the Knicks' scorekeeper the last time they won it all, in 1973 [149].