Original builders designed New York City's infrastructure for a climate that no longer exists. When Hurricane Ida struck in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Two girls, ages 12 and 13, died over the weekend while “subway surfing” atop a moving train in New York City. The ...

A new piece of hardware is hitting the subway -- not for speed or comfort, but to stop people from climbing on top of trains to subway surf. The MTA is now installing barriers in between cars on the ...

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“Getting on top of a subway car isn’t ‘surfing’ — it’s suicide,” Demetrius Crichlow, the president of NYC Transit, said after two girls were found dead on top of a New York City subway train. The ...

Andrew Cuomo, whose stewardship of the M.T.A. as governor was contentious, suggested that the authority hand over responsibility for capital construction and maintenance to the city. By Michael Gold ...

NEW YORK — Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning in 2022, ...