Sep. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA seeks to spend billions of dollars through the end of this decade replacing ancient train signals on dozens of miles of subway track, hoping to mitigate one of the primary drivers of subway delays with modern technology that allows for faster and more reliable service. The…
Sep. 20, 2024 By Dean Moses CEO of All Elite Wrestling Tony Khan spoke to amNewYork Metro Thursday during his visit to the Big Apple ahead of next week’s Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe Stadium, touching on the history of the company that has carved out a space for itself in the wrestling world…
Sep. 19, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg on Thursday near McKee CTE High School on Staten Island. According to law enforcement sources, the incident occurred at 12:56 p.m. on Sept. 19 outside the school at 273 St. Mark’s Place. Officers from the 120th Precinct responded to a…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) announced a survey on Monday that shows NYC educators would likely support a school cellphone ban, building even more momentum for a statewide policy that has been talked about for months. The survey found that two-thirds of NYC educators would support a cellphone…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki, Adam Daly, Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller Federal agents arrested two former Fire Department chiefs on Monday on bribery and corruption charges, sources with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York confirmed to amNewYork Metro. Chief of Fire Prevention Anthony Saccavino and Chief Brian…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned amid an ongoing federal investigation. Multiple outlets reported on Sept. 12 that Caban had stepped down from the post he held for roughly a year as head of the 34,000-member NYPD. Two high-ranking police sources subsequently confirmed those…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Dean Moses “No day,” as the poet Virgil wrote in words emblazoned on a 9/11 Memorial and Museum wall, shall erase the victims of the attacks “from the memory of time.” But on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the families who have gathered in Lower…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives continued to search Monday for the suspect behind a triple shooting on Sunday that left one man dead and two others seriously wounded. Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 8 outside a home on the 13200…
Sep. 5, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses Members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle have found themselves on the wrong end of multiple FBI search warrants and raids executed this week. The homes of two top Adams staffers, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks, were raided…
Sep. 5, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller A whopping two-thirds of New York City public restrooms either had health and safety hazards or were kept closed during operating hours, according to a new City Council report released Thursday. The survey, dubbed Nature’s Call: An Assessment of NYC Park Restrooms, includes observations from staffers with the…