Stefanos Chen

The Trump admin is threatening to pull back funding from the MTA, if it doesn’t crack down on crime. But crime *is* down on the subway, and it’s unclear what the letter intends to accomplish. The timing is noteworthy: Trump wants congestion pricing to end this Friday www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/n...

The subway had its safest summer in 15 years, according to police data, a vastly different picture than the one painted by the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/n...

OK that's pretty cute. Nathan's hot dogs is cutting a promo with the MTA to highlight the company's original Coney Island shop. The N, F, and Q lines form a hot-dog-shaped nexus on the new subway map

A strike could shut down the Long Island Rail Road, America’s busiest passenger rail service, on May 16, if the MTA and labor can’t come to an agreement. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/n...

This is a real thing that the president wrote

If I’m only ever remembered for inspiring 432 Park TikToks, I’m fully ok with it www.instagram.com/reel/DWhbxCQ...

After a 7 year drought, beers are back on the Staten Island Ferry. I was there to witness history. Photos by the amazing Todd Heisler www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/n...

METS

New York is great because of immigrants "The drop-off in migration from abroad was the largest in the country and — along with more New Yorkers leaving for other places — halted the recent growth of the city’s population and blunted its post-pandemic recovery." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/n...

Here are the 20 stations where MTA has installed new fancy faregates

Should these abandoned railroad tracks in central Queens become a park? A train line? New report out today argues that both are possible at a lower price, with bigger benefits, than the MTA thinks. Will Mayor Mamdani, who supported it last year, back the idea now? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/n...

On Greek Independence Day!

MTA announces its biggest subway train replacement order, up to a third of its 6,500 car fleet. New cars coming to a No. 1, 3 or 6 train near you www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/n...