A grim-faced Governor Kathy Hochul (at mic), flanked by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) and MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Leiber (second from right), demanding that Homeland Security disburse the $34 million earmarked for counterterrorism in the MTA. Of the 21 applicants for the funds, the MTA was the only one that the feds held back. ( Photo: MTA) Hochul Demands Trump Admin Restore $34 Million in Anti-Terror Funds for the MTA Tense and unsmiling, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at a 25-minute MTA press conference on Oct. 9, calling on Kristi Noem’s... News 12 Oct 2025 | 11:18
The MTA has voted to lock in fare and toll hikes. The base fare for one ride will rise to $3 come January. ( Photo: MTA, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr) MTA Locks In New $3 Fare & Toll Hikes The MTA approved proposed fare and toll hikes on Sept. 30, which will go into effect in January. The base cost of a ticket... News 03 Oct 2025 | 03:28
“Transit keeps the NYC economy moving,” noted MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber at the July 2025 MTA board meeting. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Plans to Hike Subway and Bus Fares to $3 on Jan. 1 The MTA pulled back the curtain on its long-discussed rate hikes on July 30 and revealed that it will seek to boost subway... News 31 Jul 2025 | 06:01
Under the new 2025-2029 MTA Capital Program, 150 more stations will have new anti-fare evasion turnstiles like this one at the Times Square Station, with fins and paddles. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Congestion Pricing Nets MTA $215.7 Million; Lieber Says Big Rail Improvements Ahead “Congestion pricing isn’t just surviving, it’s thriving,” noted MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, after the Metropolitan Transportation... News 06 Jun 2025 | 07:51
The MTA plans to spend more than $35 million to hire 1,000 security guards to watch emergency exit gates so they are not opened from inside, allowing fare evaders to enter. When the MTA studied the topic in 2022, it found it lost nearly $300 million a year to subway fare evaders. ( Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority) MTA Trying to Shut Down the ‘Superhighway of Fare Evasion’ in Subways Subway station emergency-exit gates have been dubbed “the superhighway of fare evasion” by MTA CEO Janno Lieber, who hopes... News 10 May 2025 | 02:57
Fare evasion costs the MTA $700 million a year, and the MTA says the problem is worst on buses where an estimated 40 percent skip out on paying the fare. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Gets Full Funding as Hochul Finalizes Budget, but It Counts on Feds Paying All of Penn Costs April 28 saw an early-evening update from Gov. Kathy Hochul about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and it was the... News 03 May 2025 | 09:40
Some state and local officials were coming up with plans on how to spend the money that the MTA could save now that the federal government is taking over the rebuilding of Penn Station. But the Trump administration is now saying they don’t plan to foot the entire bill. ( Photo: MTA) Not So Fast: Trump Admin Says It’s Not Footing Entire Cost to Renovate Penn Station When the Trump administration seized control of plans to renovate Penn Station, Gov. Hochul said New Yorkers had won a major... News 28 Apr 2025 | 12:20
Police released the photo of a man believed to be in his 30s who is wanted in connection with the rush-hour stabbing murder at the City Hall-Brooklyn Bridge stop on April 25. It marked the first murder in the subway system in 2025. The dispute is said to have started when one man stepped on another man’s sneakers. ( Photo: NYPD) First Subway Murder in ’25: Killer Flees City Hall Station After Stabbing Man on Platform At the height of the morning rush hour on Friday, April 25, a 38-year-old man from Brooklyn died after being stabbed multiple... News 26 Apr 2025 | 06:07
Mayor Eric Adams shakes hands with the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy before embarking on a two stop subway “tour” on the B Line on April 4. Duffy, who had earlier called the subway system a “shithole” apparently did not change his tune after the ride with hizzoner. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) MTA’s Lieber Vs Trump’s Transport Sec Duffy On April 4, US Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, rode our subway system on a mysterious ride with Mayor Eric Adams,... Voices 17 Apr 2025 | 03:18
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