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Ethan Stark-Miller

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Transit reporter at amNewYork. NY native. Tips: estarkmiller@schnepsmedia.com.

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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New: A City Council bill being intro'd today aims to require app-based delivery companies to fork over data and potentially face new regs around the time it takes their workers on e-bikes, e-scooters, and mopeds to make deliveries. www.amny.com/news/nyc-cou...
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FIRST ON amNY: NYC Council bill would require apps turn over data on time it takes e-bike riding workers to make deliveries | amNewYork
The NYC Council is looking to pass new legislation aimed at requiring app-based delivery companies to fork over data and potentially face new regulations
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Spotted former NYC Transit President (now Penn Station redevelopment head) Andy Byford in City Hall waiting to meet with Fisrt Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan to talk him through the Penn redevelopment plan
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Schneps reporters just won our union election in a landslide!!!!! I'm so incredibly proud of my colleagues who organized tirelessly for a year and a half for this!!! Ready to fight for a livable wage, affordable health insurance, and editorial integrity!!!!!
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Schneps workers WON our union! After our NLRB election, Schneps reporters + editorial staff are officially part of IAPE Local 1096! We’re so excited to be a part of the NewsGuild. Tell Schneps management to join us at the bargaining table and stop trying to exclude workers from our union now!
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Over half a year after the MTA switched to its OMNY tap-and-pay system, 98% of transit riders in New York City have adopted it. But who, if anyone, still uses the agency’s prior payment method: the MetroCard? www.amny.com/news/mta-sti...
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The MTA still accepts MetroCards in the OMNY era — but does anyone still swipe? Here are a few who do. | amNewYork
Over half a year after the MTA switched to its OMNY tap-and-pay system, 98% of transit riders in New York City have adopted it. But who, if anyone, still uses
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New: Mayor @mayor.nyc.gov, Gov. Hochul, city DOT and the MTA on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for making the city’s buses run 20% faster along 50 “priority corridors” — a change they say could save riders up to 6 minutes on trips along those routes. www.amny.com/news/next-st...
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‘Next Stop’: Mamdani, Hochul roll out plan to cut NYC bus trips by 6 minutes on 50 ‘priority routes’ | amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul, the city Department of Transportation and the MTA on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for making the city's buses run
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We are pleased to announce that we were able to come to an agreement to hold an NLRB election on July 24th. We’re looking forward to winning recognition with our overwhelming majority of support and continuing to fight for our colleagues! #SchnepsUnion
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The city budget deal includes a significant expansion of Fair Fares to those making at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, offering half-priced subway, bus and paratransit trips to 340,000 more New Yorkers. www.amny.com/news/nyc-bud...
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NYC BUDGET: City Council expands Fair Fares half-priced fare program to make 340,000 more New Yorkers eligible | amNewYork
The NYC budget deal includes a significant expansion of the Fair Fares program, offering half-priced subway, bus and paratransit trips to an additional
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
EXCLU: The City Council is matching $700k in state fundinf for a pilot program offering free OMNY cards to roughly 1,250 CUNY students across both the fall and spring semesters in the city budget. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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EXCLUSIVE: City Council funds free OMNY cards for over 1,000 CUNY students in city budget deal | amNewYork
The City Council is trying to make it a little more affordable for City University of New York students to get to class.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
EXCLU: NYC Transit President Crichlow talks with amNewYork about ‘European’ style fare enforcement on buses www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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EXCLUSIVE | NYC Transit President Crichlow talks with amNewYork about ‘European’ fare enforcement on buses | amNewYork
As MTA NYC Transit has nearly completed its shift from the MetroCard to its tap-and-pay OMNY system since the start of this year, it has sought to revamp its
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We're in The Chief! Thanks for highlighting our campaign! #SchnepsUnion www.thechiefleader.com/stories/jour...
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Journalists at Schneps papers unionize - The Chief
More than two dozen editorial workers at several local news outlets in New York City and the surrounding area owned by Schneps Media have launched a union drive, calling for livable wages, affordable...
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Schneps reporters were out in force doing what we do best today, covering the many vital primaries across the city, when we learned management’s high-priced lawyers want to exclude nearly a quarter of our unit.
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🚨 The non-response we got from our CEO Josh Schneps after asking to meet face to face to come to an agreement over our union formation’s next phase. Schneps has so far refused to recognize our union. But they have another day to show leadership + listen to the majority of our unit. #SchnepsUnion
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/06/2026
Black text on white page that reads as follows:

Schneps reporters do crucial work covering our neighborhoods and holding power to account.

Many of the journalists who document the challenges New Yorkers face are struggling to afford life here themselves.

I am proud to stand in solidarity with the unionized Schneps reporters as they organize for a livable wage, affordable health care, and the dignity every worker deserves.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So proud and excited to be standing with my superstar colleagues accross Schneps Media pubs in NYC and on Long Island as we announced today that a vast majority of us reporters have signed on to join @iape1096.org !!!! We are asking our publishers for voluntary recognition!!!
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @schneps-union and @newsguild.org and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
EXCLU: The city’s Department of Transportation proposed installing bus lanes along most of Brooklyn’s Bay Parkway, one of the borough’s busiest bus corridors, on Wednesday night. www.amny.com/news/dot-bus...
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EXCLUSIVE: DOT proposes installing bus lanes along Brooklyn’s Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue | amNewYork
The city's Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed installing bus lanes along most of Brooklyn's Bay Parkway, one of the borough's busiest bus corridors,
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Proposed expansions for the “Fair Fares” low-income transit discount program would be far cheaper than Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s floated plan to make all city buses free, although they would benefit different populations, according to new analyses from the city's IBO. www.amny.com/news/fair-fa...
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Fair Fares: IBO reports show expanding transit discount program would be cheaper than fare-free buses, but reach fewer riders | amNewYork
Several proposed expansion plans for the "Fair Fares" low-income transit discount program would be far cheaper than Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposal to make
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
They reworked the main staircase and ditched the escalators. And put a gold clock in the middle. Otherwise, it's the same freaking floorplan for the 8th Avenue side. Probably explains why Amtrak's been doing it's best to keep this stuff sealed up, CIA style.
2023 rendering 2026 rendering obtained by Gothamist
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The MTA’s hopes of offering limited Metro-North service at new stations in the East Bronx as soon as next year appear to be dwindling, officials confirmed Friday. NEW story in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/15/m...
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Hopes Fading for Metro-North Service at New Bronx Stations by Next Year
The MTA had said it aimed to open temporary stations and partial service as part of the Penn Station Access megaproject by the end of 2027.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New Acela hit the third rail somehow triggering yesterday’s Penn Station fire and shutdown — www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/15/f...
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Fire that caused Penn Station commuting nightmare likely sparked by debris from new Amtrak Acela
The electrical fire that knocked out LIRR and NJ Transit service to New York Penn Station on Thursday was likely caused when a loose panel on an Amtrak Acela train made contact with the third rail jus...
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Mamdani admin officials yesterday raised concerns about a City Council bill requiring them to come up with an automatic enrollment process for the city’s reduced fair program — Fair Fares — citing privacy considerations. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
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Mamdani admin officials say City Council’s Fair Fares automatic enrollment bill raises privacy issues | amNewYork
Officials with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration on Wednesday raised concerns about a City Council bill requiring them to come up with an automatic
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Exclu: Mayor Mamdani is set to announce this morning plans to turn Brooklyns Bergen and Dean Streets, two heavily used bike corridors that currently have painted lanes, into bike boulevards. www.amny.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani admin to transform two Brooklyn streets into bike boulevards | amNewYork
Two heavily used bike corridors cutting across several Brooklyn neighborhoods are set to be transformed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Department of Transportation
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Roughly 32,000 cyclists from near and far braved windy conditions to take over city streets yesterday for the 48th annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour. www.amny.com/news/strong-...
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32,000 cyclists brave strong winds to traverse Big Apple in 48th annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour
Roughly 32,000 cyclists from near and far braved windy conditions to take over city streets on Sunday for the 48th annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New Yorkers should not shy away from taking public transit on FIFA World Cup final match days when the football championship comes across the river to East Rutherford, NJ, this summer, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said this week. www.amny.com/news/mta-ser...
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MTA to run regular and enhanced service during FIFA World Cup; Lieber says no need for New Yorkers to avoid public transit | amNewYork
New Yorkers should not shy away from taking public transit on FIFA World Cup final match days when the football championship comes across the river to East
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It is increasingly unlikely that Mayor Mamdani’s proposal free bus proposal will come to fruition this year. In the meantime, transit advocates want him to embrace a more immediate step: Expanding Fair Fares, the city’s reduced fare program. www.amny.com/news/fair-fa...
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Fair Fares or free buses? Does Mamdani have to choose between existing program and signature proposal? | amNewYork
Hizzoner has not said much publicly about free buses since taking office on Jan. 1, opting instead to focus on another marquee campaign promise — universal
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Five Boro Bike Tour is less than 2 weeks away and almost sold out! Get the low down here: www.amny.com/news/five-bo...
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Get in gear! What to know about the TD Five Boro Bike Tour pedaling through NYC on May 3 | amNewYork
Tens of thousands of cyclists will take over major thoroughfares throughout the Big Apple for the 48th annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour on May 3.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Mayor Mamdani took a major step today toward moving New York City’s trash from piles of black garbage bags into lidded containers — announcing his administration will roll out thousands more large curbside bins to swaths of the five boroughs by next year. www.amny.com/news/curbsid...
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Thousands of curbside ‘Empire’ trash bins coming to more parts of NYC | amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a major step on Friday toward moving New York City's trash from piles of black garbage bags into lidded containers — announcing his
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Transportation is asking for New Yorkers’ input on where roughly 25 new e-bike battery swapping cabinets should be placed throughout the city, amNewYork has learned. www.amny.com/news/first-o...
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First on amNY | DOT asks NYers to weigh-in on e-bike charging cabinet locations with new portal | amNewYork
DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn will launch on Friday an online portal through which anyone will be able to provide feedback on the agency's preliminary list of
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The Trump administration will begin releasing funding for the East Harlem leg of the Second Avenue Subway, which it has withheld since last fall, following a lawsuit that the MTA filed last month to unfreeze the money. www.amny.com/news/second-...
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Second Avenue Subway: Trump admin agrees to release frozen funds moments before hearing in MTA lawsuit | amNewYork
The Trump administration will begin releasing funding for the East Harlem leg of the Second Avenue Subway, which it has withheld since last fall, following a
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Mayor Mamdani wants to transform Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza by advancing a plan to eliminate car traffic between the entrance to Prospect Park and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch across from it, his office announced today. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
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A ‘Grand’ design: Mamdani proposes eliminating car traffic in part of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza | amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to transform Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza by advancing a plan to eliminate car traffic between the entrance to Prospect Park and the
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The City Council wants to offer free subway and bus fares to over one million New Yorkers living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level, a change that would mark a significant expansion of the city’s Fair Fares program, amNewYork has learned. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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From Fair Fares to free fares? City Council to propose free subway, bus trips for over 1 million New Yorkers | amNewYork
The City Council wants to offer free subway and bus fares to over one million New Yorkers living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level, a change that
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New York Transit Museum workers voted unanimously to unionize last week, seeking higher wages and better job security from management. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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New York Transit Museum workers unionize in unanimous vote as they seek better wages, job security | amNewYork
New York Transit Museum workers voted unanimously to unionize last week, seeking higher wages and better job security from management.
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨 The esteemed @davecolon.bsky.social — the transit scribe famously labeled “Dave Cologne of Street Blogs with the Knicks Situation” — wants you to know he is *not* “America’s Reporter.” Seems Mr. Cologne prefers “America’s Sweetheart.”
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
MTA giving an update on its new modern fare gate pilot at its full board meeting today. Officials say 31% of riders have used the new gates 12 million times.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow yesterday slammed the Transport Workers Union (TWU) for its renewed push for legislation that would require the MTA to maintain two-person crews on all subway trains that currently have them. www.amny.com/news/nyc-tra...
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NYC Transit boss Crichlow lambasts transit union-backed effort to maintain two-person train crews | amNewYork
The NYC Transit president's comments came after the union recently revived its effort to mandate the MTA maintain a two-person crew — consisting of a driver
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
An MTA committee proceeded on Monday with recommending approval of the agency’s next contract to extend the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem. www.amny.com/news/mta-com...
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MTA committee advances next Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 contract, amid lawsuit to release federal funds | amNewYork
An MTA committee proceeded on Monday with recommending approval of the agency's next contract to extend the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Want to know more about birding in the city, and get to try it out? Come join me to discuss @ryangoldberg.bsky.social's great new book Bird City on March 21 in Washington Heights!
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
MTA Chair Janno Lieber in the agency’s sunset park testing facility this AM announcing an RFP for its largest order of new subway cars ever. The 2,300 new cars will replace most of the A Division trains — the numbered lines.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The first year of congestion pricing in New York saw straphangers take more than 90 million additional subway rides than in the previous year, a new report from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC) found. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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Congestion pricing: NYC subways saw millions more riders during Manhattan toll program’s first year, transit group finds | amNewYork
The first year of congestion pricing in New York saw straphangers take more than 90 million additional subway rides than in the previous year, a new report
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top cabinet member, said on Thursday that expanding metered parking is among possible revenue raisers the administration is considering to help close a sizable budget gap and fund its priorities. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
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Top Mamdani deputy mayor doesn’t rule out expanding metered parking to help close budget gap | amNewYork
First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's top cabinet member, said on Thursday that expanding metered parking is among possible revenue raisers
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Nearly 29,000 bicycle trips, on average, were made across the four major New York City bridges that span the East River last year, making 2025 the fifth straight year to hit an all-time high for cycling journeys over the waterway’s crossings, amNewYork first reported. www.amny.com/news/bicycli...
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FIRST on amNY | Bicyclists across the East River bridges set record-high for fifth-straight year, DOT data says | amNewYork
Nearly 29,000 bicycle trips, on average, were made across the four major New York City bridges that span the East River last year, making 2025 the fifth
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Transit advocates called out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for declining to increase funding for the city’s discounted fare program in the preliminary budget proposal he released on Tuesday. www.amny.com/news/transit...
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Transit advocates call out Mamdani for leaving Fair Fares expansion out of preliminary budget | amNewYork
Transit advocates blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani for declining to increase funding for the city's discounted fare program in the preliminary budget proposal he
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Mayor Mamdani signaled today that his administration is taking a serious look at advocates’ renewed push to extend G train service to Forest Hills on weekends for the first time in 15 years — even though the MTA has the final call on whether that will happen. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
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Mamdani says his admin is ‘digging into’ restoring weekend G train service to Forest Hills | amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signaled on Wednesday that his administration is taking a serious look at advocates' renewed push to extend G train service to Forest
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
After 15 years running on a shortened weekend route, the G train should once again extend to Forest Hills on Saturdays and Sundays, a group of advocates and the New York Mets told the MTA and elected officials this week. www.amny.com/news/g-train...
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‘G’rand slam? G train should resume weekend service to Forest Hills, transit advocates and the Mets tell MTA, Hochul and Mamdani | amNewYork
After 15 years running on a shortened weekend route, the G train should once again extend to Forest Hills on Saturdays and Sundays, a group of advocacy
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
GDC sent a corrected release saying work will stop if the funds aren't resotred by 5pm. Likely they are awaiting the outcome of an emergency hearing that a Manhattan federal judge scheduled for the NY/NJ AGs' lawsuit today at 1pm.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
As expected the Gateway Development Commission announces that work has stopped on the Hudson Tunnel Project since the Trump admin is still refusing to release federal funds it froze for the project in October.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Uber and Lyft drivers are set to receive “just cause” protections from “unfair deactivations,” after the City Council voted yesterday to override ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ 11th-hour veto of legislation to establish those safeguards. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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Uber, Lyft drivers celebrate as City Council overrides Adams’ veto of ‘unfair deactivations’ ban bill – amNewYork
Uber and Lyft drivers are set to receive "just cause" protections against being suddenly kicked off the apps that employ them, a practice known as "unfair
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Andy Byford, once NYC Transit’s “train daddy” and now the Amtrak official charged with overseeing the Penn Station redesign, said today that he needs to “fully come up to speed” on dire warnings about the Gateway Tunnel project's impending pause. www.amny.com/news/penn-st...
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Penn Station redesign chief Andy Byford says he’s not fully ‘up to speed’ on looming Gateway Tunnel project breakdown – amNewYork
Andy Byford, once New York City Transit's "train daddy" and now Amtrak official charged with overseeing the Penn Station redesign, said on Wednesday that he
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A federal judge today sharply questioned Trump admin lawyers on their case for killing congestion pricing — specifically the idea that the president, via his transpo sec, has the power to void a contract approved by the previous admin. W/ @ninapullano.bsky.social www.amny.com/law/congesti...
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Congestion pricing: Judge grills Trump administration lawyers at hearing over fate of Manhattan toll and traffic program – amNewYork
A federal judge on Wednesday sharply questioned Trump administration lawyers on their legal arguments for killing the city’s congestion pricing program —
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