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As U.S. Transit Takes a Dive, MTA Enjoys a Rarity: More Service and Stable Cash Flow
In the San Francisco Bay area, commuters face a series of grim possibilities in 2026: Bay Area Rapid Transit trains that run once an hour, shutdowns of entire lines, no service on weekends. The prospects for riders in and around Philadelphia are also bleak. While a judge’s September order overturned massive service cuts to dozens […]
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Construction CEO Linked to Banks Brothers Probe Indicted in Manhattan
The CEO of a telecommunications construction firm entangled in a federal influence-peddling investigation targeting two of Mayor Eric Adams’ former top officials — David and Philip Banks — and their brother, Terence, was indicted Thursday on corporate fraud charges. Anthony Tepedino, CEO of Allstate Sales Group (ASG), was a client of Terence Banks’ consulting firm, […]
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Federal Judge Orders Deposition of New York ICE Deputy Field Office Director
A federal judge in Lower Manhattan has ordered the deposition of William Joyce, ICE’s New York Deputy Field Office Director, in an ongoing lawsuit regarding conditions inside holding cells on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza. The deposition will be conducted during the second week of January, and will focus on whether ICE is […]
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Mamdani Must Keep Some Adams Appointees He Had Told to Quit
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani swept into City Hall promising a clean break from the Eric Adams era. For nearly 200 political appointees, that initially meant a pink slip. But the administration’s early attempt at a broad housecleaning is now facing a common city obstacle: union protections. More than 30 of the 179 mayoral staffers who were […]
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Millions in Overtime, Thousands of Vacancies: Inside NYC’s Overstretched Social Services Agency
This story was published in partnership with New York Focus, a nonprofit newsroom investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their newsletter here. After 15 years on the job, a New York City social service worker found himself lugging his laptop to choir practice at night, forced to work overtime for the first time in […]
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