The congestion pricing tolls remain active after federal district court judge ruled the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the toll were unlawful. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Congestion Pricing Stays: Judge Rules Trump Admin Effort to End It Was Illegal Congestion pricing will live on following a federal judge’s ruling that the bid by Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean... News 03 Mar 2026 | 02:42
Federal money has began flowing towards the Gateway Project, after a judge ordered the funds unfrozen. ( Photo: Gateway Program, Youtube ) Fed Funds Flowing to Gateway Project Again After Court Ruling Around $30 million worth of federal funding began flowing back towards the Gateway Project over the weekend, officials working... News 16 Feb 2026 | 05:12
Thousands of construction jobs are at stake as the states of New York and New Jersey seek to get the Trump Administration to release funds for the $16 billion Gateway Project that have been held up since Oct. ( Photo: Gateway Commission/YouTube) Fed Judge Orders Trump to Resume Funding Gateway but Appeal Stalls $16B Project Again After the Trump administration refused to release the remaining funds for the Gateway Project on February 6th, a federal... News 09 Feb 2026 | 06:39
The map shows the route of the current rail tunnel under the Hudson, and the slightly longer, curvier new tunnel route, slated to be finished in 2035. ( Photo: Gateway Development Commission) Gateway Project Will Shut Down on Feb. 6 Unless New Federal $$$s Released It’s quid pro quo time again in our winter of discontent. Construction on the $16 billion project building new train tunnels... News 28 Jan 2026 | 09:11
Andy Byford quietly released the names of the three developers on his short list to be the ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Penn Station Feud Brewing? With Gov. Kathy Hochul and various advocates leaning on him to share more, Andy Byford, Amtrak’s executive in charge of rebuilding... News 24 Jan 2026 | 09:08
Gov. Hochul said her budget will allocate money to install 85 more saftery barriers on platforms in the NYC subway system. The above shows safety barriers at the Eighth Ave. and 14th St. subway station in Manhattan. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul: More Cops in Subways, Extend Q Line, Childcare, Affordability and Blasts Trump Despite the drop in crime on the New York City subways in 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul in her State of the State address said... News 20 Jan 2026 | 03:43
Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber attend a rally at McBurney YMCA on West 14th St. on January 5, 2026, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the implementation of Congestion Pricing. ( Photo: Marc Hermann/MTA) Congestion Pricing Has Raised $550M for MTA, Cut Traffic Too: Hochul One year to the day after tolling cameras were turned on from 60th Street to the Battery in Manhattan, Gov. Kathy Hochul,... News 08 Jan 2026 | 04:42
NYPD PSA 4 on the Lower East Side, Governor Kathy Hochul top right inset. ( Photos: Brian Berger / Gov. Hochul Flickr) Hochul Vetoes Bill to Keep Police Radios Unencrypted; Press Cries Foul! Of the 140 bills New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who is running for re-election in 2026, vetoed on Friday, Dec. 19, one bill... News 26 Dec 2025 | 09:24
A grim-faced Governor Kathy Hochul (at mic), flanked by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) and MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Leiber (second from right), demanding that Homeland Security disburse the $34 million earmarked for counterterrorism in the MTA. Of the 21 applicants for the funds, the MTA was the only one that the feds held back. ( Photo: MTA) Hochul Demands Trump Admin Restore $34 Million in Anti-Terror Funds for the MTA Tense and unsmiling, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at a 25-minute MTA press conference on Oct. 9, calling on Kristi Noem’s... News 12 Oct 2025 | 11:18
Gridlock Alert Days started with the kickoff of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, banning vehicular traffic north of 34th Street. The DOT has designated 20 Gridlock Alert Days between now and the end of the holiday season. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Gridlock Season Is Here! And It Runs Through the Holidays! Gridlock Alert Days have begun this year, stretching from last week— the UN General Assembly, Sept. 22 to 26—and into the... News 26 Sep 2025 | 05:15
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order intended to boost access to COVID-19 vaccines. ( Photo: Courtesy of Governor Kathy Hochul ) Gov. Hochul Signs Order to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Access Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order that seeks to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines in New York State, she... News 19 Sep 2025 | 09:15
Artist’s rendering of the 125th Street entrance to the Second Avenue Subway. ( Photo: MTA) MTA Inks Contract to take 2nd Avenue Subway Farther Uptown Major work on the long-awaited expansion of the Second Avenue Subway is set to begin preliminary work next month after the... News 21 Aug 2025 | 07:53
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing to pass a constitutional amendment to allow the state to redistrict in order to fight back against aggressive gerrymandering tactics that are underway in Texas. ( Photo: Governor Kathy Hochul Flickr) NYS’s Nonpartisan Mapping Process Makes Fight Against Texas Tougher New York has used an Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to draw congressional and legislative lines since 2014, when... Voices 10 Aug 2025 | 03:23
Despite efforts by the Trump Administration to derail congestion pricing in the courts, the tolls have remained on. After six months, Gov. Kathy Hochul said it is meeting all its promised traffic reduction goals. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Six Months In, Congestion Pricing Shows Early Signs of Success New York City’s congestion pricing program, launched in January 2025, is already reshaping how people move through Manhattan.... News 08 Jul 2025 | 11:33
A congestion-pricing tolling device looms over Third Avenue at 60th Street for now, but will it remain? US DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants it removed immediately, as the MTA and NY State are relying on the courts to make sure it remains. Whatever decision is made should come relatively soon. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Deadline Passes and Congestion Pricing Tolls Keep on Clicking . . . For Now The third federal deadline to take down the congestion-pricing tolls has passed and still the tolls remain. It could come... News 23 May 2025 | 07:27
