MTA Launches Real-Time Service Alert System for New York Mass Transit Users

MTA Launches Real-Time Service Alert System for New York Mass Transit Users

The millions of New Yorkers who use mass transit already have a new tool to reach their destinations. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, launched its new service alert system on Monday. Called the MTA Real Time Alert System, it serves to provide customers with timely and personalized real-time updates on train, subway or bus service, … Read more

Madison Square Garden Seeks New Operating Permit in Exchange for Area Improvements: City Planning Department Recommendation

Madison Square Garden Seeks New Operating Permit in Exchange for Area Improvements: City Planning Department Recommendation

The City Planning Department recommended Monday that Madison Square Garden get a new ten-year operating permit in exchange for improving the area around the world’s most famous stadium. Madison Square Garden sought a permit to operate at its current location on top of Penn Station on a permanent basis. The permit requires MSG to work … Read more

Mayor Eric Adams Expands Housing Vouchers for Homeless Families in New York City

Mayor Eric Adams Expands Housing Vouchers for Homeless Families in New York City

More than 500 families who have been in homeless shelters are now eligible for housing vouchers offered by the city government, Mayor Eric Adams reported. This has been possible, it was said, due to the elimination, by executive order, of the old requirement to spend a minimum of 90 days in a shelter before being … Read more

Bronx Residents Demand Faster Bus Service with Exclusive Lines

Bronx Residents Demand Faster Bus Service with Exclusive Lines

José uses the line 12 bus daily, he takes it at the Fordham Road and Webster Avenue stop. Waiting for the bus or until you reach your destination less than two miles away requires patience, although José says it’s an ordeal. “Sometimes one is late waiting for the bus, the bus does not arrive on … Read more

Inauguration of “Migrant Heart”: Traveling Exhibition Showcasing Mexican Artists in the United States

Inauguration of “Migrant Heart”: Traveling Exhibition Showcasing Mexican Artists in the United States

The Mexican consulate in New York inaugurated on Monday the traveling exhibition “Migrant Heart” that shows the work of 23 artists of Mexican origin residing in the United States and that after visiting several states will conclude in November in Los Pinos, the official residence of the president of that country . “Migrant Heart”, convened … Read more

NALEO’s 40th Annual Conference Addresses COVID-19 and Immigration Crisis in New York City

NALEO’s 40th Annual Conference Addresses COVID-19 and Immigration Crisis in New York City

For the first time in its history, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, NALEO for its acronym in English, holds its annual convention in our city. This is the 40th edition of the largest gathering of Latino legislators in the nation. On Tuesday morning, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul intervened. For nearly half a … Read more

Severe Storms Hit New York State, One Fatality Reported

Severe Storms Hit New York State, One Fatality Reported

The city was spared the worst of strong storms on Sunday that impacted several counties in the state, including Westchester and Rockland, killing at least one person. Powerful #rains unleashed intense #floods in the Hudson Valley region of New York, which claimed the life of at least one person. — NY1 News (@NY1news) July 10, … Read more

Intense Flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley Leaves One Dead and Causes Road Closures; Northeast Braces for Severe Storm

Intense Flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley Leaves One Dead and Causes Road Closures; Northeast Braces for Severe Storm

Heavy rains unleashed intense flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley region, killing at least one person, inundating roads and forcing road closures Sunday night. Much of the rest of the northeastern United States is bracing for a severe storm. As the storm moved east, the National Weather Service extended its flood advisories to Connecticut, including … Read more

Taylor Swift Fans Express Frustration with NYC Ferry Service

Taylor Swift Fans Express Frustration with NYC Ferry Service

Some Taylor Swift fans complain about the NYC Ferry service. The transportation system hosted its first ever Taylor Switf sunset ride earlier this weekend to celebrate the release of the “Speak Now” album. But while some fans managed to board and seemed to have a good time, many others took to social media to complain … Read more

Shooter on a Scooter: Chaos Unleashed on the Streets of Brooklyn and Queens

Shooter on a Scooter: Chaos Unleashed on the Streets of Brooklyn and Queens

Residents of neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens were the target of a shooter who fired indiscriminately on the streets while riding a scooter. On his journey, he fired at five different places, killing an elderly man and leaving three other people injured, one of them seriously. On Jamaica Avenue, between 108th and 109th streets, there … Read more