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Midday News: NJ Transit Getting Ready to Restart Service, Dangerous Section of Jacob Riis Beach to Stay Closed, and New Jersey Voter Registration Deadline Is Tuesday
NJ Transit says it needs time to bring trains back online after reaching a tentative deal with its engineers and ending a strike. Train service is ex…
1 year ago
Morning Headlines: NJ Transit Strike Ends With Tentative Deal, Cash Program Helps Prevent Youth Homelessness, and Queensboro Bridge Adds Pedestrian Path
New Jersey Transit trains will resume service Tuesday morning after the agency reached a tentative agreement with its locomotive engineers union, end…
1 year ago
NY Liberty Reloaded: The WNBA Champs Return With a Target on Their Backs
The New York Liberty kick off the 2025 season with high expectations and some early hurdles. Host Janae Pierre checks in with sports reporter Jackie …
1 year ago
Evening Roundup: NJ Transit Grinds to a Halt, How Concerns Over Antisemitism Are Shaping the Mayoral Race in NYC, and the New York Liberty Get Ready for a New Season
NJ Transit service remains at a standstill as hundreds of train operators go on strike. A look at how candidates for New York City mayor are talking …
1 year ago
Midday News: Thousands Stranded by NJ Transit Rail Strike, and Mets and Yankees Face Off in Bronx
NJ Transit railroad engineers and trainmen are on strike, leaving thousands of commuters scrambling to find other ways to get to work and school. We …
1 year ago
Morning Headlines: NJ Transit Strike Shuts Down Rail Service, Resettlement Group Rejects White South African Refugee Plan, and Mets, Yankees Subway Series Showdown Kicks Off in Bronx
New Jersey Transit rail service has come to a halt as 450 train engineers went on strike overnight, in what could be one of the state’s largest trans…
1 year ago
Evening Roundup: Buying Back Used Needles, A Battle Over a Mountaintop in New Jersey, and a New Exhibit That Transports You to Puerto Rico
A new City Health Department pilot program offers New Yorkers a cash incentive to help properly dispose of spent needles. A billionaire family in New…
1 year, 1 month ago
Midday News: NJ Transit Faces Strike Deadline, City Gears Up for Bike to Work Day, Knicks Cooked in Boston, and Prison Reform in Albany
Thursday marks the final day for NJ Transit to reach a deal with union engineers to avert a strike that could halt all rail service. Meanwhile, Frida…
1 year, 1 month ago
Morning Headlines: Potential NJ Transit Strike Nears, Lawmakers Demand Answers in Prison Deaths, and MTA Holds Subway Music Auditions
A potential NJ Transit strike could begin if the agency and its engineers’ union fail to reach a contract agreement, marking what would be the region…
1 year, 1 month ago
Evening Roundup: Inflation Refund Checks for Some New Yorkers, Fighting Domestic Terrorism in NY, Former NYC Mayor de Blasio Agrees to Pay Fine for Misusing Public Funds, Remediation Manager to Take Over Rikers and NY’s Fight Over Food Regulations
More than eight million households across New York State will receive inflation refund checks this fall. Plus, three years after a racist mass shooti…
1 year, 1 month ago