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Forget Free Buses: Mayor Mamdani Should Instead Seek ‘Audacious’ Subway Expansion
The same billion-dollar outlay that Mayor Mamdani hopes to allocate for fare-free buses should be spent instead on rewriting the subway map.
The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
Ten Years of Placard Abuse: The Criminal Practice that Mamdani Must End
Placard corruption has drowned New York City in illegally parked cars for more than a decade. Mayor Mamdani must end it for good.
Byford Hopes Cash-Strapped NYC Will Help Fund Trump’s Penn Station Rehab
The Trump administration controls the future of Penn Station — but wants New York to pay for it.
‘Gateway’ Drug: Trump Is Holding the Second Avenue Subway Hostage
The president blocked funds for the Second Avenue Subway during the government shutdown in October — and the MTA has still not received the money, sources said.
TRAIN IN VAIN: Amtrak Pulls Plug On Metro-North Expansion
All aboard? Not so fast. Amtrak is putting the brakes on an expansion of the Metro-North that would have extended service to Albany.
Memo to Mamdani: Bring Back the Weekend G Train to Forest Hills
The new mayor should work with Gov. Hochul and the MTA to restore the Crosstown Local to 71st Avenue.
How Mamdani Can Fix NYC’s Neglected Greenways
This vital transportation infrastructure needs a lot of TLC by the new mayor.
Gov. Hochul’s Car Insurance Proposal is a Disaster for Crash Victims’ Rights
As a state that values walking and biking, we cannot allow the governor to gut the rights of the people most at risk — especially since it won't lower insurance rates anyway.
Universal School Streets Will Be a Heavy Lift for Mamdani: Advocates
Can New York be the Paris of America? Mayor Mamdani will have to get to work on the DOT's "School Streets" program to make that happen.
