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This is what showed up to testify. Photo: Dave Colon

CORO-NO SHOW: MTA Ditches City Council Hearing For Pandemic Prep

By Dave Colon | Mar 9, 2020 | No Comments

City Council members were sickened on Monday morning ... by the MTA skipping a City Council budget hearing.

It's time to put some power behind the power point, advocates say.

Advocates: The MTA And Cuomo Must Play Offense On Congestion Pricing

By Dave Colon | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Tom Brady? More like Tom delay.

The MTA's bus and transit committee, pictured in May 2019. Photo: David Meyer

Advocates To MTA: Stop Holding Our Elevators Hostage

By Dave Colon | Jan 28, 2020 | No Comments

It's another state and city funding spat — with the MTA claiming it can't do accessibility upgrades without city cash.

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Time’s Up! When Will The Mayor Fill His MTA Board Vacancies?

By Dave Colon | Jan 17, 2020 | No Comments

It's no small bureaucratic matter. The city's MTA Board members speak for millions of transit riders on a largely regional panel that often slights the city.

Sayonara: The proposed Queens bus network redesign eliminates the Q53. Image: Around the Horn via Flickr

Queens Bus Network Redesign Strives for Simplicity

By Dave Colon | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.

Council Member Chaim Deutsch (with Mary Majao and Angel Farachio, 10-year-old Enzo Farachio's parents) wants the city to install bollards at every bus stop after Farachio was killed by a driver while waiting at one. Photo: Julianne Cuba.

Brooklyn Pol Offers Poor Fix After Death of 10-Year-Old Boy: Advocates

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019 | 18 Comments

“All bus stops should have bollards,” Council Member Chaim Deutsch said.

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