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New York Lawmakers Want To Use a 'Netflix Tax' To Pay for the Subway

From delivery fees to streaming taxes, New York can’t stomach having MTA users actually pay for the system themselves.

Reason

Subway 'surfing' leaves a grisly, lethal toll in New York City

NEW YORK: One-time subway "surfer" Isa Islam has a straightforward message for thrill-seeking youngsters sparking a surge in riders traveling on the roofs of New York City trains: don't do it.

Bangkok Post

Video of New York commuters frantically switching tracks for connecting train at LIRR station goes viral

Clip was shared after Long Island Rail Road trains started offering service to Grand Central Madison

The Independent UK

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Teen’s subway surfing death is latest in disturbing NYC trend

NEW YORK — The death of a 15-year-old subway surfer trying to ride a train across the Williamsburg Bridge is the latest in a long line of fatalities among daredevils illegally riding the rails atop train cars.

Tribune News Service

Biden's 'Buy American' Promise Is a Lot More Complicated and Bureaucratic Than It Seems

An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Because the bureaucrats say so.

Reason

Now NYC transit can get you directly from JFK Airport to Grand Central Station

There’s good news for travelers flying into or out of New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), whether they be daily commuters or out-of-town visitors.

Tribune News Service

Lady Gaga’s father complains New York City is ‘filthy’ and ‘smells like weed’

‘It seems filthy,’ says Lady Gaga’s father and restaurant owner Joe Germanotta

The Independent UK

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Hochul's $227B budget helps NYC transit, migrant response

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed dramatic spending to help New York City handle a wave of international migrants and to stabilize its reeling public transit system with her $227 billion state budget Wednesday, even as she warned of tougher economic times ahead

The Independent UK

Cars, fridges, the waste conundrum, and the circular economy

What links a Renault factory that takes cars apart, a tough problem for NZ metal recyclers, and a Dutch pesticide maker? Answer: A more sustainable way of looking at the stuff we consume

Newsroom.co.nz

Queens dad told kids to ‘keep your seat belt on’ before running down wife with SUV, then stabbing her

NEW YORK — A Queens father, in the moments before slamming the accelerator to run down his estranged wife, delivered a chilling messages to his three sons: “Keep your seat belt on,” prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Two men arrested in connection to threats against Jewish community in New York

Two men were arrested at New York's Penn Station in connection with threats to the Jewish community, police said on Saturday.

Reuters

Teachers Unions Spent $22 Million Backing Massachusetts 'Millionaire's Tax'

The constitutional amendment is an attempt to undermine the state's flat income tax system.

Reason

New Yorkers with disabilities are suing city over subway gaps

The gaps between subway platforms and trains are an accessibility issue

The Independent UK

Hidden homes from shopping centre flat to garden cave and train station hideout

Michael Townsend created a secret apartment in a shopping centre, which he furnished with a sofa and a PlayStation, but he's not the first - so here's a round-up of people who have lived in unusual places

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As subway crime soars, MTA pushes to ban certain criminals from NY's transit system

NEW YORK — As subway crime continues to soar, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is urging judges and district attorneys to help ban “certain criminals” from the transit system, the New York Daily News has learned.

Tribune News Service

Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams roll out new subway crime crackdown and plan for the system’s homeless

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rolled out a new plan Saturday with a promised police surge to make the city’s 3.6 million daily straphangers stay and feel safer on the subway while providing help to the system’s homeless population.

Reason

Is This Atlanta Streetcar 'The Worst Transit Project of All Time'?

Transit ridership, especially rail, has collapsed post-pandemic, but the Atlanta BeltLine Coalition says now is the time to take federal dollars and build a $2.5 billion streetcar.

The Independent UK

New York City subway trains getting security cameras

Security cameras, which are already ubiquitous on New York’s streets, will soon be installed in all of the city’s nearly 6,400 subway cars as officials work to rebuild riders’ faith in the system’s safety

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NYC subways record highest daily ridership since start of pandemic

NEW YORK — New York City subway ridership hit its highest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as the school year kicked off.

WEKU

New York's subway now has a 'you do you' mask policy. It's getting a Bronx cheer

Millions of New Yorkers embraced an "all in this together" motto during the pandemic — and many are roasting the city's transit agency over updated signs explaining its newly relaxed masking policy.

Autosport

MotoGP San Marino GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 results

Alonso Lopez dominated the Moto2 class at the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix for a maiden victory as Dennis Foggia delighted his home support in Moto3.

Manchester Evening News

Region's fire service is now better prepared for terrorist attack, government inspectors say after criticism last year

'By April 2023 we will equip every fire appliance in Greater Manchester with specialist equipment to support a timely response to a Marauding Terrorist Attack or a Mass Casualty Rescue incident'

The Independent UK

Horrifying moment taxi driver tears elderly woman from car to rob her before nearly running over bystander

Police are still searching for the driver

The Guardian - US

The lethal rise of ‘subway surfing’: ‘If someone slips, it’s game over’

The past year has seen a resurgence in a century-old trend: trying to ride on top of New York trains, with horrific results

The Independent UK

Fifteen-year-old boy’s arm is severed by subway train in NYC

Limb was found at next station, reports say

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