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Alternative transportation proposals have included ferry service and increased bus service, News 4’s Andrew Siff reports.

Grand Central Madison officially kicks off its full LIRR service schedule on Monday — this after the greatly anticipated new transportation hub starting off with a limited LIRR run that stretched a few weeks. After years of delays and massive cost overruns, the enormously expensive railway project shuttled its first passengers last month from Long Island to a new annex…

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey opened a renovated bicycle and pedestrian walkway on the north side of the George Washington Bridge on Tuesday as part of efforts to improve safety and enhance the experience for commuters. The walkway overhaul came as part of the agency’s $2 billion “Restoring the George” program, which also replaced the...

Grand Central Madison will officially kick off its full LIRR service schedule at the end of this month — this after the greatly anticipated new transportation hub starting off with a limited LIRR run that stretched a few weeks. The full LIRR service will start Monday, Feb. 27, sources tell News 4 New York. After years of delays and massive…

News 4’s Adelle Caballero reports.

The first LIRR train into Grand Central Terminal rolled in Wednesday morning, Andrew Siff reports.

For decades, work on a massive rail project has been grinding 15 stories below the shuffling footsteps of millions of New Yorkers and beneath the East Hudson River and Manhattan skyscrapers. After years of delays and massive cost overruns, the enormously expensive railway project shuttled its first passengers Wednesday from Long Island to a new annex in New York City’s…

History will be made on Manhattan’s East Side, as LIRR commuters for the first time will be able to ride a train into Grand Central Terminal. Tracie Strahan reports.

The nine remaining McDonald’s locations at rest stop locations along the New York State Thruway closed up permanently on Jan. 1, 2023.

If you haven’t already driven the New York State Thruway in 2023, you’ll likely notice something on your next trip. There are no more McDonald’s — not even one. The nine remaining restaurants with the Golden Arches at food-and-fuel centers along the 569.83-mile span of highways throughout the Empire State closed up permanently on Jan. 1, 2023, for contract reasons….

Coastal neighborhoods were inundated by floods and the race is on to dry out as frigid temperatures move in. We’ve got team coverage from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and the latest on the national picture.

A rapidly intensifying winter storm that prompted a state of emergency from New York’s governor flooded roads, downed trees and turned air travel into an abject nightmare — and now the flash freeze threat looms strong. No matter where you’re going, you’ll likely encounter delays or cancellations via road, rail, air or even sidewalk. We’ve got you covered with...

Gaby Acevedo, Brian Thompson and Tracie Strahan check in with the latest from Long Island, the Jersey Shore and New York City as the storm intensifies.

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The Long Island Rail Road’s third track finally opened after years of construction. News 4’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Subway riders in Manhattan got a lunchtime scare at one of the borough’s busier stations Friday afternoon, with smoke seen pouring from the tunnel at Lexington Avenue after the train hit some object on the tracks, according to the MTA. It wasn’t clear what the northbound 6 train hit as it pulled into 51st Street around 12:45 p.m., but...

No injuries were reported.

A 38-year-old MTA bus rider was stabbed in the arm and slashed in the hand by another straphanger who pulled out a knife during an argument as they rode in Manhattan early Thursday, authorities say. It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the dispute aboard the bus around 1:10 a.m. in Harlem. Cops say the stabber got off the bus...

Police are searching for a suspect they say stabbed a man on a bus in Harlem early Thursday.

A 14-year-old boy was shot dead in a Bronx building lobby overnight, the latest in a series of escalating violent gun cases claiming the lives of young people across New York City. Gaby Acevedo reports.