The Redbirds trace their origins to 1959, with the debut of the R26, the first of nine closely related subway car types that became synonymous with New York's transit system.
Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the need to protect the community, stating, 'On behalf of my constituents and nearly 64,000 local residents impacted by this project, I am requesting that your administration reject any plans to expand the Cross Bronx Expressway beyond its current footprint.'
The first three months of 2026 were among the three safest first-three-month periods since records started being kept at the dawn of the Automobile Age, with only 42 fatalities from car crashes in New York City.
The Grand Penn proposal would move Madison Square Garden across Seventh Avenue, onto or near the former Hotel Pennsylvania site, and use the freed-up space above Penn Station to build a much grander, roomier train hall.
The building, an office block with shops on the ground floor, is at the eastern end of Oxford Street, just north of Soho Square, and sits above the possible route of the Crossrail 2 railway, if/when it is eventually built.
In that small 30-block zone last year, there were 486 reported crashes, injuring 76 cyclists, 108 pedestrians (one fatally) and 67 motorists, according to city stats. That's more than a crash every day, injuring more than 250 people.
"From the beginning, we were clear that cleaning up the Gowanus Canal could not come at the expense of critical Sanitation services," said DSNY commissioner Gregory Anderson.
Two decades ago, the state created a fund with tens of millions of dollars that was supposed to be in a lockbox to crack down on insurance fraud - but instead was funneled simply to law enforcement agencies' general operating funds. As a result only a tiny portion was spent actually fighting fraud.
motorists and anyone using for-hire vehicle services should plan ahead for delays or reroutes due to detours or closures of parts of the airport roadway network until Thursday. It strongly advised customers to use mass transit, such as the Long Island Rail Road, to reach Kennedy Airport during these dates.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Delays are reported on the Brooklyn-bound Staten Island Expressway during the Wednesday morning rush hour. A crash at Bradley Avenue is contributing to delays, likely compounded by the remnants of slush, ice and snow from a major storm that dumped about a foot of white powder on the borough last weekend. A right lane is closed during the emergency response that began around 7:45 a.m., according to 511NY.
