Stephen Nessen

The city is testing the program before allowing the standing scooters to operate in the rest of the city.

The MTA agreed to a generous death benefit for the families of transit workers that died of COVID. But now that it’s tax season, they're getting an unwelcome surprise.

With a little more than a quarter of the subway system currently accessible, the MTA and the city are teaming up to encourage developers to build more elevators. 

President Biden’s sweeping and costly infrastructure plan calls for spending $621 billion on transportation projects alone over eight years.

After two years of delays from the Trump administration, the MTA has finally received the federal green light it needs to move forward with congestion pricing.

After a spike in certain crimes last year, the MTA is speaking more openly about its surveillance cameras to reassure riders.

The MTA has cut some subway and commuter rail service to adjust for a dramatic drop in ridership during the pandemic. But the agency's costly express buses are running with full service.

The ride on the subway has sped up at nearly 300 locations. That's because of the MTA's effort to fix and replace faulty signals that slow down trains.

New data from the State Comptroller confirms what many suspected; essential workers in neighborhoods with lower median incomes have been riding the subway more than others.

By now, the MTA has restored most pandemic-related subway service as ridership ticks back up, but not on the C and F lines. The transit workers' union is suing the MTA over it.

The MTA has been using outside counsel to fight six recent lawsuits over lack of accessibility in the subway. One of the plaintiffs wants to know how much this costs the agency.

The MTA has been holding its monthly board meetings remotely since the start of the pandemic. But, the transit agency has rolled what used to be two days of public meetings into one.

With the likely passage of President Biden’s $2 trillion dollar relief package, the MTA is expected to receive enough money to avoid draconian service cuts. 

Bicycling in the city used to be a fringe issue in political campaigns, but it has taken on greater significance in this year's mayor's race.

A group of more than 80 non-profit and advocacy groups is calling on the next mayor, city council and borough presidents to commit to converting 25 percent of street space.

Her latest report indicates the pandemic has not slowed down efforts to root out fraud and find savings in the cash-strapped MTA.

New York's transit agency has opened a second vaccination site just for its workforce, one that's been hit hard by COVID-19.

A Jewish community center in Brooklyn organized a one-day vaccine-drive to ensure as many Holocaust Survivors in the area get the shot as possible.

Under grilling from the City Council, the MTA says it still does not have a definitive answer about when overnight service will be restored. 

A Chief Accessibility Officer who will report directly to the Chairman, but he'll walk a fine line between representing advocates and working within a major bureaucracy.