Three million people a day ride trains in a system with more than 400 stations and 6,000 train cars. Officials hope pouring in more resources and officers can keep them safe.
The children, who were injured or suffered malnutrition, were greeted at Kennedy Airport with toys and balloons. “These are their first memories here,” one supporter said.
Kevin and Carol Moore, of Massapequa, N.Y., are charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. They were identified through photographic evidence, the U.S. said.
Advocates who have been fighting for decades for the program were shocked by the governor’s sudden move and lamented its impact on funding for the city’s subway.
The M.T.A. had planned on $15 billion in financing backed by the tolls of congestion pricing for a number of crucial upgrades and repairs to the aging transit system.
Even as transit systems nationwide struggle, New York City’s transportation network appeared to finally score a major win with the now-paused tolling program.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it is making drastic cuts to the transit system’s capital plan after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s halted the tolling program.
Transit leaders had already allocated hundreds of millions of dollars before Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute reversal on the long-awaited tolling plan.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had found the money to restart some work on the project. It had been expected to be funded by the congestion pricing program, which she suspended.
The suspension of congestion pricing has put off critically needed repairs to New York City’s transit network. Experts say the system hangs by a thread.
The Federal Transit Administration released its audit nine months after a worker was hit by a train. If the M.T.A. does not comply, it could lose funding.
New York’s bus system has one of the worst fare evasion problems of any major city in the world. The issue is more pronounced on buses than in the subway.
Transit leaders proposed a plan on Wednesday to spend more than $65 billion to upgrade New York City’s subway and bus system. Whether they will be able to fully fund it is unclear.