Jose Martinez, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

The NYPD’s 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn offers a wheelchair accessible in the back of the building.

NYPD Dragging Feet on Steps to Make Stations More Accessible

Oct. 28, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 28, 2024, 9:26 a.m.

It’s been eight years since a class-action lawsuit was filed against the city’s police department claiming federal disability law violations. Deadlines to fix the situation have been pushed back while New Yorkers scream for help.

Taxi drivers testify remotely outside City Hall during a hearing on requiring vehicles to be wheelchair accessible.

Taxis

Cabbies Say Cost to Move to Wheelchair-Accessible Cars Is Too High

Oct. 10, 2024, 5:53 p.m.Oct. 10, 2024, 11:25 p.m.

Drivers rallied outside of a Taxi & Limousine Commission hearing on Thursday as the city tries to figure out how to comply with a judge's order enforcing a decade-old settlement.

A new rail car to Tottenville Staten Island on the tracks, Oct. 8, 2023

Transit

Late Arrival: New Train Cars Finally Come to Staten Island After Three-Year Wait

Oct. 8, 2024, 5:21 p.m.Oct. 8, 2024, 5:21 p.m.

The R211 model will replace SIR cars that have been in service for more than 50 years.

A worker leads chants during a union strike at the Red Hook Terminal, Oct. 3, 2024.

Labor

Port Workers’ Strike Shouldn’t Cause Shortages, Price Spikes in City — Yet

Oct. 3, 2024, 6:09 p.m.Oct. 3, 2024, 7:42 p.m.

As the massive job action heads into a fourth day, key people up and down the supply chain aren’t too worried, they just hope the strike doesn’t drag on for weeks.

A cabbie drives under a congestion pricing toll placed at 60th Street and 11th Avenue before the plan was put on indefinite hold.

Traffic

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

Sept. 26, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Sept. 27, 2024, 5:42 a.m.

A pair of cases that seek to revive the vehicle tolling program will rev up in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Congestion pricing advocates rally at the Bowling Green station ahead of MTA board meeting, Sept. 25, 2024.

Transit

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Sept. 25, 2024, 12:23 p.m.Sept. 26, 2024, 5:25 a.m.

The transit agency’s next five-year capital budget got the green light, but board and transit advocates are imploring Albany to figure out where the funding will come from.

Work in progress can be seen on various parts of an elevated B/Q station in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Sept. 20, 2024.

Transit

Elevated Tracks Get High Priority in MTA’s Plan for Next Five Years

Sept. 23, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 20, 2024, 5:51 p.m.

A $68.4 billion blueprint for the future unveiled last week calls for $9 billion to be spent on desperately needed fixes to critical structures, up from just $650 million the previous cycle.

7 trains sit in an MTA maintenance facility near Citi Field.

Transportation

MTA Lays Out $68B Big-Ticket Wish List for Transit, Despite Congestion Pricing U-Turn

Sept. 18, 2024, 11:15 a.m.Sept. 19, 2024, 9:43 a.m.

The long-term budget plan outlines buying new train cars, shoring up crumbling stations and inching forward on the Interborough Express spanning Brooklyn and Queens.

Birdseye view of the stairs from the LIRR to Mets-Willets Point. Aug. 28, 2024.

Sports

With U.S. Open in Swing, Fans Would Love to See Wheelchair Access at Willets Point

Aug. 29, 2024, 5:52 p.m.Aug. 29, 2024, 6:09 p.m.

Anyone with a wheelchair or stroller is severely hampered from heading to the tennis tournament or a Mets game on mass transit despite long-delayed promises to upgrade accessibility at the hub.

Subway

‘Near-Miss’ Incidents Involving MTA Workers Up Nearly 60% Feds Say

Aug. 14, 2024, 4:36 p.m.Aug. 15, 2024, 6:58 a.m.

The Federal Transit istration launched an audit after the death of a track worker in 2023.

Jose Martinez

NYPD Dragging Feet on Steps to Make Stations More Accessible

Cabbies Say Cost to Move to Wheelchair-Accessible Cars Is Too High

Late Arrival: New Train Cars Finally Come to Staten Island After Three-Year Wait

Port Workers’ Strike Shouldn’t Cause Shortages, Price Spikes in City — Yet

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Elevated Tracks Get High Priority in MTA’s Plan for Next Five Years

MTA Lays Out $68B Big-Ticket Wish List for Transit, Despite Congestion Pricing U-Turn

With U.S. Open in Swing, Fans Would Love to See Wheelchair Access at Willets Point

‘Near-Miss’ Incidents Involving MTA Workers Up Nearly 60% Feds Say

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