Jose Martinez, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy spoke to the press after riding the subway with Mayor Eric Adams, April 4, 2025.

Mayor Adams and Secretary Duffy Dodge MTA Brass for Subway Photo-Op

April 4, 2025, 4:27 p.m.April 4, 2025, 8:19 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams and federal transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rode the rails together on Friday but didn’t let local transit officials or press know. The DOT head threatened to have DOGE look at the MTA's books.

MTA Chief Security Officer Michael Kemper speaks at an agency board meeting in Lower Manhattan.

Subway

‘Not a Game’: MTA Brass Counter Trump Insults and Threats With Facts and Figures

March 26, 2025, 5:38 p.m.March 26, 2025, 5:59 p.m.

Using a “professional, fact-based approach,” transit officials highlighted that felonies in the subway system last year were down — while acknowledging that assaults have risen in the past six years.

An Access-a-Ride van sits on First Avenue in Manhattan.

Accessibility

Access-A-Ride Speeds Up in Congestion Zone

March 25, 2025, 6:08 p.m.April 4, 2025, 3:24 p.m.

Customers who use MTA’s paratransit services say they have seen an improvement in travel times in Manhattan amid an overall increase in reliability — up from dismal stats four years ago.

Commuters packed onto an A train during the morning commute.

Transit

Crime Down and Tolls Working, MTA Fires Back After ‘Shithole’ Jab From Trump DOT Chief

March 24, 2025, 4:00 p.m.April 4, 2025, 3:26 p.m.

One transit authority board member called Sean Duffy’s comments “a real slap in the face” as the MTA tries to get back on track.

An MTA police officer watches people enter a turnstile at Penn Station.

Transit

Latest Trump Threats to MTA Are More About Politics Than Safety, Transit Advocates Say

March 19, 2025, 1:29 p.m.March 19, 2025, 8:56 p.m.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said the feds will cut funding to New York City Transit if they don’t get information on how New York will reduce subway crime.

Drivers head into the Lincoln Tunnel during the evening rush.

Manhattan

Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone

March 11, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 1, 2025, 1:35 p.m.

In the first two months of the Manhattan vehicle tolls that Trump wants to nix, gripes over blasting horns sunk when compared to 2024.

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at an MTA board meeting inside Grand Central Madison about her fight to project congestion pricing.

Traffic

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Feb. 26, 2025, 5:15 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 3:46 p.m.

The governor showed up at a Manhattan MTA board meeting to talk tough and promise that New York will fight a federal shutdown of the tolling plan with “orderly resistance.”

Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says

Feb. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.Feb. 24, 2025, 7:02 p.m.

In the first 27 days of tolling, nearly 7 in 10 dollars in congestion pricing revenue came from enger vehicles rather than for-hire cars, trucks or motorcycles.

A M22 bus travels from Battery Park City to the Lower East Side.

Transit

Manhattan Buses Got a Bit Faster in First Month of Congestion Pricing

Feb. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 4, 2025, 3:29 p.m.

Just as President Donald Trump moved to shut down the tolling plan, data shows — and riders say — the bus experience going crosstown has become better.

MTA

Gateway Project Tunnel Connecting NY and NJ Moves Forward as MTA Vet Takes the Helm

Feb. 19, 2025, 6:42 p.m.Feb. 20, 2025, 12:13 p.m.

Tom Prendergast was appointed CEO of the Gateway Development Commission, the public authority overseeing improvements between New York Penn Station and Newark Penn Station.

Jose Martinez

Mayor Adams and Secretary Duffy Dodge MTA Brass for Subway Photo-Op

‘Not a Game’: MTA Brass Counter Trump Insults and Threats With Facts and Figures

Access-A-Ride Speeds Up in Congestion Zone

Crime Down and Tolls Working, MTA Fires Back After ‘Shithole’ Jab From Trump DOT Chief

Latest Trump Threats to MTA Are More About Politics Than Safety, Transit Advocates Say

Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says

Manhattan Buses Got a Bit Faster in First Month of Congestion Pricing

Gateway Project Tunnel Connecting NY and NJ Moves Forward as MTA Vet Takes the Helm

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