Congestion Pricing’s True Test Comes During First Rush Hour
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Congestion Pricing’s True Test Comes During First Rush Hour

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines New York City’s long-awaited congestion pricing plan began on a freezing night over the weekend when few drivers were on the road and transit workers could turn on tolling equipment at a relaxed pace. But a tougher test will happen on Monday morning,…

Opinion | Congestion Pricing Shows the Future of the Democratic Party
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Opinion | Congestion Pricing Shows the Future of the Democratic Party

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One of the lesser-known acts of the French Revolution, in the days before the storming of the Bastille, was a series of attacks on the toll barriers at the boundaries of Paris. These customs houses were a natural target for angry commoners: They…

Friends From Debrina Kawam’s Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning
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Friends From Debrina Kawam’s Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Before she was Debrina, she was Debbie. In her town of Little Falls, N.J., Debbie Kawam was a girl people wanted to be around: the cheerleader with the inner glow, dispensing high-fives in the hallways of Passaic Valley Regional High School, cruising with…

NYC TikToker Chris Olsen ‘survives’ stabbing on subway car on New Year’s Day
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NYC TikToker Chris Olsen ‘survives’ stabbing on subway car on New Year’s Day

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A social media influencer and singer says he was almost killed after a violent stabbing broke out in the subway car he was riding in early New Year’s Day. TikToker Chris Olsen says he was on the subway with his friend when two…

2 men stabbed in New Year’s Day attacks on the rails as NYC transit violence continues: cops
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2 men stabbed in New Year’s Day attacks on the rails as NYC transit violence continues: cops

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two men were stabbed within the city’s subway in separate Wednesday morning attacks as transit violence spilled over into the new year, cops said.  A 30-year-old man got into an argument with another commuter on the No. 1 train platform at 110th Street-Cathedral…

Joe and Hunter’s latest deceit: Letters
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Joe and Hunter’s latest deceit: Letters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Issue: Photos revealing President Biden lied about not interacting with Hunter’s Chinese associates. The presidency of our nation should be the pinnacle of elective service to our country — not the reward for a lifetime of corruption and mercenary venality (“The Biden…

It’s time to get real help for the seriously mentally ill
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It’s time to get real help for the seriously mentally ill

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres got it 100% right this month when he slammed progressives for their “perversion of compassion” in allowing vagrants to haunt our transit hubs and streets. Particularly those who are mentally ill and in need of help. They make life…

Masked protester accused of harassing Jewish man on NYC subway read poem in court on prior hate crime case: report
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Masked protester accused of harassing Jewish man on NYC subway read poem in court on prior hate crime case: report

A Hezbollah garb-wearing protester accused of hatefully harassing a Jewish straphanger reportedly read a poem aloud before he was sentenced in another antisemitic hate crime case. The bizarre poetry reading by Christopher Husary, 37, unfolded in a California courtroom in October, when he faced the music for stealing and burning…

Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’
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Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’

The heartbroken mother of a teenage girl who died after tumbling off the top of a subway car last weekend said she’s so distraught she doesn’t want to live — and begged other kids not to participate in the dangerous social media stunt. “Stop [subway] surfing — it’s not a…

Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing
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Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing

The city’s largest transit workers’ union is demanding that the MTA ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines in the wake of the brutal stabbing of train operator Myran Pollack in Brooklyn last week.  Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 – which represents more than…