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The MTA said the announcements will run for at least a month, and highlight the importance of mask-wearing and other coronavirus pandemic safety measures

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LIRR trains are running on a weekend schedule due to Nor’Easter. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag gives us more details.

A report by the Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Inspector General is calling on the transit corporation to immediately test employees for alcohol following serious accidents after an audit found that the majority of tests were administered too late. The MTA Inspector General’s report released Tuesday said that 90% of MTA bus employees were tested for alcohol more than…

An argument on a subway platform over a lit cigarette spilled into a full-on fight on the train that ended with two men stabbed, police said Saturday. The incident started around 12:30 a.m. Saturday at the Junction Boulevard station in Queens on the 7 line. Police say two men saw a third on the platform smoking. The smoker got on…

Police say a man smoking on the 7 train stabbed two other men who asked him to put his cigarette out.

Critics say the latest bust is just the tip of the iceberg of corruption at the MTA, with five current and former MTA workers arrested by the FBI after allegedly submitting thousands of hours in bogus overtime. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Five current and former MTA employees have been accused of fraud for submitting false reports of overtime work — collectively earning more than $1 million in fraudulently-obtained overtime pay, according to federal prosecutors. Thomas Caputo, 56, Joseph Ruzzo, 56, John Nugent, 50, and Joseph Balestra, 51 — four current and former longtime employees of the Long Island Rail Road who…

The MTA says it might have to reduce subway service by 40 percent – and lay off more than 9,000 employees without federal aid. gilma Avalos reports.

It has been nearly two months since Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mask order went into effect — mandating MTA riders to mask up or pay up, and according to data, riders have been following the mask rule for the most part. Since the $50 fine for failure to wear a mask on the MTA system went into effect Sept. 14, a…

A former New York City subway conductor is accused of stealing $114,000 in worker’s compensation in a disability claim, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office says 48-year-old Giovanni Seminerio learned he was getting fired for “disciplinary charges related to his operation of the trains” on Dec. 8, 2015, and on that same day, he filed the claim that…

A former New York City subway conductor is accused of stealing $114,000 in worker’s compensation in a disability claim, prosecutors said Wednesday.

An ex-New York City Transit subway conductor was arraigned on charges of grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly stealing about $114,000 in Workers’ Compensation payments from NYC Transit, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Giovanni Seminerio, 48, of Alva, Florida, was arraigned Wednesday on a 22-count indictment in which he is charged with second-degree grand larceny, first-degree offering…

As many as one in four New York City transit workers may have contracted the coronavirus, according to a new survey by New York University researchers. The study requested by the Transport Workers Union took a survey of more than 600 workers to better understand how the virus spread and how things can be improved to keep them safe. Nearly…

After about 40 years the MTA’s iconic subway map is being modernized for the digital age. It will provide riders with real-time information so you can see where your train is at the exact moment. So how’s it all work? Gus Rosendale reports from Midtown to lay it all out.

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Although we are halfway through Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this year is a bit different. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to halt the spread of the virus has taken center stage when it comes to public health, but the MTA is still shining the light on Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although the MTA’s Mask Force has been...

The latest data paints a clearer picture as to how New Yorkers are doing since Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mask order went into effect –mandating MTA riders to mask up or pay up — and the good news is that the majority of people are adhering to the rule. According to the MTA data, nearly 3,800 interactions have taken place since…

It has been five days since Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order went into effect –mandating MTA riders to mask up or pay up. Although it is unknown how many summonses were handed out since the implementation of the $50 fine for failing to wear a mask went into effect, hundreds of verbal compliances have taken place. According to the MTA, from…