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Aaron Gordon

NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

We Watched the Cuomo-Nixon Debate So You Don’t Have To

We live in hell

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Prepare Yourselves, There Is No Immediate Fix for Hot Subway Stations

Technology exists to make it feel cooler while waiting on sweltering platforms, but the MTA isn’t likely to implement it anytime soon

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Housing

Will New York’s New Airbnb Law Stop Illegal Listings?

Legislation signed Monday by Mayor de Blasio will give the city the power — but not the obligation — to fine those who rent out illicit short-term stays

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Transit

Monday Morning’s Subway Mess Was Caused by an MTA Typo

Construction shouldn’t have caused the D/N/R lines to melt down during rush hour, but it did

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Transit

We Can’t Tell If the Subway Action Plan Worked, Which Was the MTA’s Whole Idea

For all Joe Lhota’s plan offered in dollar figures, it lacked any hard, fact-checkable promises

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Transit

Maybe We Didn’t Need the Second Avenue Subway After All

The latest ridership numbers show that the MTA spent more than $300,000 for each new daily straphanger attracted by Cuomo’s much-heralded Upper East Side line

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Transit

The City’s Shuttle Bus Plan for the L Train Shutdown Is a Recipe for Gridlock

Bus-only lanes are the best way to ensure commuters to get to work on time — but the city says it won’t use them

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Transit

An Elegy for the Sublimely Crappy Chambers Street Subway Station

The soon-to-be made-over stop may be decrepit, but at least it’s honest about the state of the city

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Transit

Cuomo’s LaGuardia AirTrain Looks Like a $1.5 Billion Boondoggle

The governor is promising half-hour rides from midtown, but most air travelers will still be better off taking the bus

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Transit

Borough Hall Ceiling Collapse Shows How Badly Subway Is Deteriorating

The MTA and DOT have been squabbling over which stations are most in need of repair, but Borough Hall wasn’t on either agency’s priority list

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