Just before noon last Saturday, a 9-year-old girl was with her mother at Grand Central Terminal when a man strode up to the child and, without warning, punched her in the face, according to the police. The child, dizzy and in pain, was taken to the hospital. Jean Carlos Zarzuela, 30, a man who had […]
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From the corner of West 25th Street in Manhattan, it takes 34 steps to cross 10th Avenue, more if it is a kindergartner dawdling, sippy cup in hand, to the private school on the other side. To get to Avenues of the World School by crossing West 25th Street takes only 16 steps, even fewer […]
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Subway riders in New York City might notice some heavily armed military forces standing around on platforms after the state’s Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard into the subway system last month — along with hundreds more New York State and MTA police officers. Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Talks ‘Loot’ Season 2 & ‘POSE’ Memories, […]
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said that she had ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to drop its effort to charge the New York City Marathon roughly $750,000 for its use of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. “The marathon is an iconic symbol of New York City’s tenacity and resilience that unites communities across the five boroughs each […]
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New York City’s congestion pricing program is facing its first legal test on Wednesday as lawyers for the State of New Jersey head to federal court in Newark to challenge the new tolls. New Jersey’s governor, Philip D. Murphy, and other state officials are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, […]
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At the start of every New York City Marathon, runners fill the upper and lower tiers of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, an arresting sight that conveys the immensity of the event. But that picture-postcard moment comes with a hidden price — and now the Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to collect it. The M.T.A. has quietly demanded […]
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