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Downtown [1] skips 125 St
[4][6] trains are running with delays in both directions due to planned track maintenance in Manhattan.
In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform
Queens-bound [A] trains are delayed while we investigate why a train's brakes were activated at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In Queens, Jamaica Center-bound [E] skips Briarwood
In the Bronx, no [D] at Norwood-205 St
In Queens, Jamaica-bound [F] skips Briarwood and Sutphin Blvd
No [G] between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Court Sq
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [N] local skips 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St
Coney Island-Stillwell Av-bound [Q] trains are delayed while we perform track maintenance near DeKalb Av.
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [R] skips 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St
Gov. Kathy Hochul beat Bruce Blakeman by about 20 points, and Senate Democrats declared the two-thirds majority that can override a veto.
Hochul and running mate Adrienne Adams, the first all-woman ticket to win statewide in New York, take office on New Year's Day [24][54]. Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, ran on income tax cuts and an end to sanctuary rules, and conceded Tuesday night [13][24]. Two-thirds of a chamber can override a governor without her consent, though City & State notes legislative leaders have been wary of using that power against a governor of their own party [25]. Hochul has refused to raise income taxes on the wealthy, and incoming Rep. Claire Valdez is already demanding she do it in next year's budget [29][34].
“Winning an election doesn’t make your rent cheaper or lower your grocery bill”
“You win some, you lose some.”
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An unvaccinated child in Lewis County died of measles, New York's first such death in 30 years.
DISPUTED: ABC7 reports the child was an infant, while Gothamist reports officials offered no details about the child [123][129]. People with ties to Amish communities tell Gothamist those communities are among the hardest hit, though officials will not say which groups are, and some Amish New Yorkers want a religious exemption added to the school vaccine mandate [123]. Albany repealed that exemption in 2019, during an outbreak centered on Brooklyn and Rockland County. HHS says it has epidemiologists in the state and that Secretary Kennedy and the CDC director are clear the MMR shot is the most effective protection [123].
“our measles, mumps rubella vaccine has been around since 1971, and it really is the best protection”
“devastating reminder of what’s at stake when Washington deliberately erodes decades of progress”
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USDA turned down Mayor Mamdani's request for a six-month delay, citing a 2014 directive from Congress, so stores taking SNAP must now stock seven varieties in each of four food categories, up from three.
USDA will check stores when they apply or renew, generally every five years, though it can reassess a store at any time [103]. Butter, jerky, snack bars and fruit spreads no longer count toward the requirement, though customers can still buy them with SNAP [103], and a different brand or flavor of the same food is not a new variety. Mamdani argues owners got too little time, since guidance arrived only on Sept. 4, and a store that is cut off must wait six months to reapply [103].
“For a small business operating on thin margins, losing SNAP revenue for six months could be the difference between staying open and closing its doors”
“if you want to accept any part of taxpayer-funded SNAP, you should be in the business of selling more real food.”
Teresa Hui, a lifelong Brooklynite who has sung the national anthem at Cyclones season openers, crossed the finish line in Central Park shortly after midnight as the final official finisher of the 2026 New York City Marathon. Then she went and worked the polls on Election Day [19].