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Downtown [1] skips 125 St
Downtown [2][3] trains are running with delays while we address a signal problem at 116 St.
In the Bronx, Woodlawn-bound [4] skips Burnside Av
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] is rerouted in Queens and Manhattan
No [D] between 59 St-Columbus Circle, Manhattan and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, Brooklyn
[F] is rerouted via Court Sq [E] between Roosevelt Av, Queens and Canal St, Manhattan, then via the [A] to to/from Jay St-MetroTech, Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, [G] skips 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy in both directions - take the [F] instead
From 12:30 a.m. Nov. 7 to 5 a.m. Nov. 16, no A trains will run between Rockaway Blvd and Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd; free shuttle buses cover the gap.
The MTA is replacing track, switches and third rail on the Liberty Avenue Line so it can install new signals, and Lefferts-bound A trains will run to Howard Beach-JFK Airport instead [71]. Shuttles stop along Liberty Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, from 93rd Street out to Lefferts Boulevard [71]. The new system is Communications-Based Train Control, which lets dispatchers run trains closer together and so more often; it will cover the A and C from High Street in Dumbo to Lefferts, and congestion pricing revenue pays for nearly all of it [71].
“This shutdown is part of a signal modernization project that will replace the oldest signal equipment in the subway system”
Bruce Blakeman pledged on Fifth Avenue to end congestion pricing, through legislation, an executive order or by telling the MTA to stop enforcing it.
Blakeman called the toll below 60th Street a tax on the middle class and said Hochul would expand it beyond Manhattan [4][73]. City & State reports each path has a problem: a governor cannot repeal a state law by executive order, the Democratic Legislature would have to agree to a repeal, and dropping enforcement could put the MTA in default on bonds backed by the toll [4]. Blakeman did not say how he would handle the bonds [4]. Hochul says the toll funds transit and shortens commutes [10].
“I’m controlling the MTA and all of the instruments of government”
“He must like a lot of traffic, higher accidents, slower response time, less money to fund the MTA and Long Island Rail Road and not really care about congestion”
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Comptroller Mark Levine found just 1,405 of 4,911 outdoor dining applications filed since March 2024 had become licenses by June 15.
More than half of the restaurants that got permits waited longer than 19 months, and some missed whole seasons [79]. DOT says its review backlog is cleared and points to charter rules that require separate sidewalk and roadway applications, public review and newspaper ads [79]. Levine found DOT cannot show how long applications sit at each stage [79]. Question 1 on Tuesday's ballot would merge the two applications and drop mandatory hearings, taking effect March 1, 2027 [79].
“Unfortunately, the permitting process is a maze of approvals that takes far too long, depriving restaurants, bars, and cafes of expanded capacity and sorely needed revenue”
“NYC DOT has no backlog of applications awaiting review”
On Sept. 7, just after 2 p.m., a man drove a green John Deere tractor worth $12,000 out of Forest Park near Woodhaven Boulevard. On Sept. 27, just before noon, he came back to the very same spot and drove off on another one. [25] "You don’t expect a series of tractor heists to go down in the middle of Queens, but here we are," said Council Member Joann Ariola. [25] The reward is up to $3,500. [25]