Ramsey Khalifeh
Articles by Ramsey Khalifeh
Ramsey Khalifeh is a transportation reporter on the NYC Accountability desk covering the largest transit system in the country. He was previously a general assignment reporter at Gothamist and worked on the Boston Globe's metro and copy desk. Got a tip? Email [email protected]
The images show gold-accented railings, columns and escalators, and a new structure around Madison Square Garden.
The federal government announced a "master developer" for Penn Station. It marks the rebuild's biggest step forward since the Trump administration took control of the project from the MTA last year.
The Trump administration took control of the rebuild from the MTA last year. Now, the feds are indicating they'll put up an astronomical sum.
Service slowly returned to the nation's busiest commuter railroad on Tuesday after a three-day worker strike came to an end.
Even with a tentative deal, the LIRR says trains will not run on Tuesday morning.
The shuttle buses served as a lifeline for hundreds of commuters stranded by the strike on Monday morning. But they also drew criticism from labor leaders on the picket line.
The MTA says backup shuttle buses can carry only a fraction of regular LIRR riders.
Five unions representing half the LIRR workforce walked away from the negotiating table on Friday without reaching a deal, setting the stage for the first strike on the railroad since 1994.
Commutes remain disrupted Friday following messy travels due to a track fire Thursday.
The initiative is part of the Economic Development Corporation's "Blue Highways" program that aims to move more freight shipping onto the city's rivers.
Amtrak officials said the blaze broke out in the "C interlocking," which directs LIRR trains into East River tunnels.
The governor pointed out the MTA's plan to run shuttle buses during a strike wouldn't come close to handling the 270,000 riders the LIRR carries every weekday.
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