The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has AFFIRMED Judge Cathy Seibel's decision to dismiss the suit against congestion pricing brought by Rockland and Orange counties

Best thing you’ll see today

Absolute best entrance I've ever seen

The "free" part of Mayor Mamdani's "fast and free buses" promise hit a road block. But today, he and Gov Hochul revealed a 51-page plan to speed up NYC's bus network, one of the slowest fleets in the nation www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/n...

Congestion pricing, by and large, didn't make parking any worse in the city. But one interesting tidbit from DOT in this new report: they're against residential parking permits as a fix to bad parking nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/06/p...

The Trump administration terminated federal grants meant to help underserved farmers access land, markets and capital. 24 farmer organizations and entities sued the USDA. A judge ruled the agency must restore $127 million back to farmers. NEW: capitalbnews.org/black-farmer...

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Todd Heisler took the best photo I've seen of the FIFA Morocco win in Astoria. Pure joy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW: City Council is expanding transit discounts to 340,000 more New Yorkers, as part of the budget agreement. The program, Fair Fares, will now be available to 1.3 million bus, subway and paratransit riders www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/n...

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Lots of spicy quotes and internecine drama between the MTA, Amtrak, and the governor's office, as Penn Station redux gets underway www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/n...

fyi, NJT riders - the service's regular commuters locked out of Penn until 7pm (and again for a period after the World Cup match wraps)

“She was failed,” her mother, Jennine Semanchik, would later say, “by every single law enforcement agency that she went to for help.” Horrible story, great reporting from @traceytully.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/n...

Best Father’s Day

Rain in the forecast and sluggish train ticket sales could make for an awful World Cup commute this afternoon in NY/NJ. The game starts at 8pm, but the NJT portion of Penn Station will close hours earlier. The highways have been packed on previous game days www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/n...

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

Careful planning is Washington’s whole thing: symbolic sightlines; monuments that speak to one another; columns, rooflines and axes aligned just so. The whole city is supposed to be a work of civic art. Trump’s projects test this 235-year-old idea: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The thing I'm most proud of in our FIFA transit race video: I brought Greece to the World Cup, at least in spirit (vid here: www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...)

In sweltering heat, we took a train, a school bus, an Uber and a bike to travel to the World Cup at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. How do the routes size up? Watch our FIFA transit race! www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...

Don't be this guy. Read our FIFA transit time trials to figure out how to get the FIFA World Cup games in New Jersey www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/n...

Heading to the World Cup in New Jersey? We took a train, a school bus, an Uber, and even a bike to MetLife Stadium. Welcome to the FIFA transit time trials www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/n...

AHHHHHHHH

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

A very New York sentence: A Rockefeller descendant is paying $1 million to post her art on subway station walls that would otherwise be plastered with AI start up ads. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/n...

As a Corona, Queens kid, glad to see the rest of the city catching up to the Chinese-Dominican alliance. They now rep nos. 1 and 2 biggest immigrant groups in the city gothamist.com/news/chinese...

Just 3% of parking spaces in NYC are metered. Everything else is a double-parked, lane-blocked free-for-all. @emmagf.bsky.social @edenweingart.bsky.social and I look at ways the city could fix it www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Today, @stefanoschen.bsky.social went inside Phase 2. It'll open in 2032. Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/n...

To get to NJ World Cup matches from Manhattan, the train will cost you $98. A school bus $20. An Uber $??, plus a surcharge. And the closest parking, a mile away, will cost you $225. We run through your travel options, few of them cheap www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/n...

Foreboding

Janette Sadik-Khan is BACK nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/02/g...

NEW: Mamdani will move forward with the 34th St busway, after the Trump admin attempted to block the project last year www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...

Shoutout to the City on its rebranding to The City Reporter. I dig it www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/t...

Reporting live from a beach on Long Island (thanks to Andy Newman for holding it down) — www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/n...

Delivery workers, tell us about your job! ¡Deliveristas, cuéntennos sobre su trabajo! डिलीवरी वर्कर, हमें अपने काम के बारे में बताइए। 外卖小哥，跟我们聊聊你的工作吧。 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/n...

A really lovely remembrance of the dive bar owner in Chicago who inspired the enduring image of Greek-American diaspora - friendly, bawdy, diner guy. By @risenc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/d...

I love the NY transit press. @jmartineznyc.bsky.social with the laptop save, cos three of us were sharing one mic

APPROVED: LIRR monthly ticket holders will get about a 13% refund in May, for four days of disruption during the strike. Most refunds will be automatic. Will cost the MTA about $2.4M

MTA will refund monthly LIRR ticket holders for 4 days of disruptions caused by the strike -- a little less than 13% refund. Most refunds will happen automatically, for ppl who bought on the app. Will cost the MTA $2.4M. MTA voting on it soon (can't imagine they dont approve)

I’m gonna go sleep for 12 hours. Don’t nobody strike in the meantime

With Long Island Rail Road service suspended because of a worker strike, New York transit officials have arranged other travel options for commuters who cannot work from home, but officials warned that this contingency plan could not accommodate all the passengers who rely on the railroad.

LIRR ON STRIKE www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/n...

Looks like the LIRR deal will come down to the wire. Management and unions still trading offers, with a midnight deadline looming. Here's the latest on what a strike could mean: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/n...

LIRR workers could walk off the job as early as Saturday, shutting down the busiest passenger railroad in the country. Here's what to know (free link): www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/n...

TAKE OFF YOUR BACKPACK IN A CROWDED SUBWAY CAR.

Big changes are coming to Grand Army Plaza, one of the busiest and most chaotic hubs in NYC. We took a closeup look at how the space is transforming www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Love this look at diner culture in Jersey by @clairefahy.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/n...

USDOT today said they'll appeal their loss on NYC's congestion pricing toll. They face long odds to overturn it. MTA's response: "Congestion pricing is working – fewer cars, less pollution, faster commutes. Secretary Duffy has already lost in court and if he wants to see us there again, let’s go."

Super speeders story is on A1 today, and the comments section is open again! Come yell at me: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/n...

New York could soon require the worst speeders in the city to install a device that caps their driving speed. It's an idea that's gaining traction in several states, and Gov. Hochul is pushing to include the program in the state budget. I took a test drive: www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...