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From July 15-17, the MTA saw 4,046,610, 4,029,692, and 4,121,751 subway riders, respectively—the last figure marking a new post-pandemic summer ridership high.
Mayor Eric Adams said a new Drone Operations Committee will oversee an expanded use of drones in the Big Apple after success nabbing subway surfers.
A dozen subway stations are newly slated for accessibility improvements, transit officials announced. The stations, selected in concert with public surveys, span four boroughs.
The additional subway station accessibility upgrades—including new elevators and other ADA features—are part of the MTA’s 2025–2029 capital plan.
The century-old system is being hit with more powerful and frequent storms, and it will take a multiagency effort to fix it.
Shalon McFarlane was slain during a fight with two brothers in the 14th-St.-Seventh Ave. subway station about 7 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
A 39-year-old man was stabbed and beaten by a group of attackers on a Bronx subway platform early Sunday morning, with police arresting a
MTA crews respond to a water main break near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue that caused water to flood into the Times Square-42nd Street station in August 2023. The incident highlights vulnerabilities that the agency’s $700 million subway climate resiliency program aims to address amid increasing extreme rainfall events.