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Dec. 5, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Congestion pricing will dent the wallets of many New Yorkers, but the MTA explained Thursday low-income drivers may qualify for a reduced fare to enter Manhattan south of and including 60th Street. MTA officials said during a congestion pricing webinar on Thursday that low-income vehicle owners can apply…
Dec. 4, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Hundreds of thousands of very low-income New Yorkers could be relieved from paying personal income taxes under new legislation that state lawmakers will introduce and which Mayor Eric Adams supports. The proposal, dubbed "Axe the Tax for the Working Class," would abolish personal income taxes for individuals with…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Jada Camille In a tense follow-up Monday hearing, the City Council Higher Education Committee scrutinized CUNY's efforts to address discrimination using findings from the governor-mandated Lippman Report, which revealed considerable discriminatory and antisemitic incidents on CUNY campuses. The panel, led by Bronx Council Member and chairman Eric Dinowitz, pressed CUNY…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) is cracking down on double parking and traffic congestion throughout the Big Apple by creating additional space for trucks and cars to unload deliveries. The agency said that it has installed 500 new loading zones throughout the five boroughs so drivers making…
Nov. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld and Robert Pozarycki The MTA will host eight webinars over the month of December for New Yorkers to learn more about the forthcoming Central Business District Tolling Program — better known as congestion pricing — which begins on Jan. 5. Each online program, the MTA said, will explain…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC will become the first city in the nation to implement congestion pricing next year. Is it an impactful way to improve air quality in the city while funding critical transit upgrades? Or is it an unnecessary money-grabbing move that will put yet another major dent in the wallets…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Several Corona residents and local activists gathered outside an alleged brothel on 111th Street Tuesday afternoon to demand that authorities permanently shutter the establishment. Activists led by Let’s Improve Roosevelt Ave. President Ramon Ramirez-Baez and former Council Member Hiram Monserrate gathered at the site of the alleged brothel at... Read more »
Nov. 18, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA Board on Monday approved the new, reduced congestion pricing program, setting up the hotly anticipated start of tolling for cars and trucks driving into Manhattan below 60th Street in the new year. The transit agency's new congestion pricing plan will start at a $9 base toll…
Nov. 18, 2024 By Colum Motherway Elmhurst Hospital, a cornerstone of Queens healthcare, is poised for significant growth with ambitious new development plans. On Thursday, Nov. 14, the hospital hosted a Media, Business, and Community-Based Organization (CBO) Roundtable to unveil its vision for the future as New York City's second-oldest municipal hospital. Dr. Helen…
Nov. 14, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Dozens of people gathered at Queens Public Library in Jamaica Wednesday evening for the MTA's 2025-29 Capital Plan Open House, which aims to invest $68.4 billion across the subway, bus and commuter rail systems over the next five years. Wednesday's open house was the second event hosted by…