The topic of elevators in the subway system has often been a sore spot for the disabled community. It most recently surfaced as a hot issue when the Prospect Avenue, 53rd Street and Bay Ridge Avenue ...
MTA officials need to prioritize fixes to broken-down subway elevators — and New York’s Legislature needs to commit more money to the problem, disability advocates said Wednesday. “When we try to use ...
A senior member of NYC Transit’s subway elevator and escalator repair team was fired after taking multiple weekday flights to a second home in Florida while he was on the clock, a report from the ...
NEW YORK — To some, the prospect of adding new subway elevators not far from the World Trade Center is a godsend, a desperately needed portal for the disabled to a subway system that is among the ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The MTA has identified the first 43 subway stations that will get new elevators as part of its 2025-2026 Capital Plan. The MTA’s budget for the next five years includes funding ...
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — As part of its ongoing drive to make as many subway stations accessible as possible, the MTA on Thursday announced a new elevator at the Hoyt Street subway station on the 2 and 3 ...
Despite funding and fare hikes, many subway riders are finding continual problems with a majority of the city?s station elevators. The MTA says that since the early 1990?s, it has spent nearly $1 ...
It’s the MTA’s “Number 1” priority. Urine detection technology could be coming to the yellow-soaked elevators of the Big Apple’s massive subway system, a top transit official said. “We are actually ...