#MTA wants phone service on the subway? cell no!

#MTA wants phone service on the subway? cell no!

“MTA wants phone service on the subway? cell no!” Hang up on this MTA boondoggle right now. The agency wants to give us cellphone and Wi-Fi service throughout the subway’s 660-plus route miles. Not only on elevated lines and in stations (where spotty service already exists), but in the long, dark tunnels between them. “People…

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#Surge in pickpockets, snatches driving subway crime: NYPD

#Surge in pickpockets, snatches driving subway crime: NYPD

“Surge in pickpockets, snatches driving subway crime: NYPD” A rise in theft drove an overall increase in subway crime in May compared to April, according to newly released NYPD stats. NYPD Transit Chief Jason Wilcox said an increase in ridership was putting purses, neck chains, phones and other handheld items at greater risk of theft —…

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#Letters to the Editor — June 12, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 12, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 12, 2022” Border madness The parades of migrants flocking to our southern border are unprecedented (“Migrants on the march,” June 7). Currently, there is a caravan of approximately 15,000 migrants plodding toward the border, fully expecting entry into the United States, solidified by the perceived welcome that President Joe…

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#Woman injured after push onto Bronx subway tracks

#Woman injured after push onto Bronx subway tracks

“Woman injured after push onto Bronx subway tracks” A female straphanger suffered multiple injuries when a man randomly shoved her onto subway tracks in The Bronx over the weekend, according to the MTA and transit sources. The 52-year-old victim was shoved onto a roadbed at the Jackson Avenue station in Melrose around 4:45 p.m. Sunday,…

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