Andy Byford

After two years, Andy Byford is now riding the subway as a regular New Yorker and not the head of NYC transit. He inherited a dysfunctional system rife with delays, and left it in better condition. NBC New York’s Jamie Roth reports.

Three months after trying to resign and then staying, Andy Byford announced he will be leaving the MTA. Byford cited the “centralization of projects and an expanded HQ” which stripped him of control of the L train renovation in his resignation letter. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

He didn’t delve too deeply into his reasons for quitting, but did address a planned structural reorganization of the MTA that would diminish the role he had, instead focusing it on day-to-day operations

After pulling nearly 300 subway cars from service because doors were opening as the trains were in motion, the MTA said there was a switch not calibrated properly inside the doors, which led to them opening as much as 4 inches. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Police will no longer refer to the subjects of such emergency pleas for help as “EDPs” — cop-speak for “emotionally disturbed persons” — and instead use the term “mental health calls,” sources said.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Tuesday that it is getting rid of 400 bus stops in the Bronx, while implementing more frequent bus service and additional lines — all part of the bus network redesign for the borough.

NYC Transit boss Andy Byford on Friday denied he was leaving the subway system, after Politico reported he submitted his resignation a week ago.

A stolen car crashed into an MTA bus in Brooklyn, sending six people to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries early Saturday, autorities say.

A man who authorities say caused dozens of subway delays by pulling emergency brakes has been arrested again for allegedly “surfing” on the outside of a train.

Some MTA board members bugged out Monday over a computer glitch blamed for Friday night’s subway meltdown as agency documents confirmed the fiasco was no isolated incident.

The New York City Medical Examiner has ruled that the mother who was found dead at the bottom of subway station steps in January died from an irregular heartbeat along with other complications.

Police are investigating reports that someone threw a lit firecracker into a New York City subway car.

A 16-year-old girl was found dead on the floor of a multi-family home in Brooklyn Thursday, authorities say.

A 23-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning, suspected of being the serial subway brake puller.

A 40-year-old New Jersey woman has been arrested on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault in the death of a 70-year-old woman, authorities say.

New York State Police shot and killed a man they say tried to climb into a trooper’s car after they stopped to talk to him as he walked along Interstate 84 in Orange County Thursday, authorities say.

A 34-year-old Brooklyn man has been indicted for allegedly forcing a 16-year-old girl to have sex with men for money, then hand that money to him — and prosecutors allege he shoved a pregnant friend out of the car when the friend tried to save her.

A young Yankees fan with a T-shirt that says “Swag Don’t Come Cheap” is suspected of pulling the brakes on a train at rush hour Tuesday, the latest in a rash of incidents that has disrupted thousands of commuters.

The MTA says someone has made a habit of pulling the emergency brakes on subways at the worst possible time: the height of rush hour

A teenager punched a subway train conductor in the face at a Brooklyn station, the police said.