“More than 40,000 in Manhattan don’t have power,” reports CNN:
Of the 42,000 customers without power in New York, most are in Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side, the utility company said. The city’s fire department is responding to numerous transformer fires, the first of which occurred in Manhattan on West 64th Street and West End Avenue, officials said. The outage…
Tag: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
NYC Subway Denies Using ‘Real-Time Face Recognition Screens’ in Times Square
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has denied suggestions that it’s putting facial recognition cameras in the subway, saying that a trick designed to scare fare-dodgers was misinterpreted. From a report: “There is no capability to recognize or identify individuals and absolutely no plan” to do so with NYC subway cameras, says MTA spokesperson Maxwell Young. Young was responding to a…
A Boy Wandered Onto the Subway Tracks. A No. 5 Train Operator Sprang Into Action.
The subway operator, Hopeton Kiffin, slowed his express train and gently coaxed the child off the tracks in Brooklyn and safely onto the train. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/nyregion/boy-rescued-subway-tracks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Congestion Pricing Is Coming. Now Everyone Wants a Break.
Drivers will pay a toll to enter the heart of Manhattan. From tour buses to motorcycles, many people are complaining and asking for an exemption. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/nyregion/congestion-pricing-trucks-new-jersey.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
7 Takeaways From New York’s $175 Billion Budget
The budget takes up thousands of pages and billions of dollars, and will change the way New Yorkers vote, shop, commute and more. Here is a look at what’s included, what’s not and who is responsible. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/nyregion/new-york-state-budget.html?partner=rss&emc=rss