Jose Martinez

2 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Katie Honan |Jose Martinez

The nine Democratic candidates for mayor squared off Wednesday in the first televised debate of a long campaign season, with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo the frequent target of jabs from the other contenders. The chaotic debate came 10 days before the start of early voting on June 14, with the election on June 24. It was the first time Cuomo faced the whole field of his rivals, face-to-face, whom he had mostly avoided so far during his run to replace Mayor Eric Adams.

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Jose Martinez |José Martinez |Jose Martínez |José Martínez

This article was originally published on May 27 at 2:53 p.m. EDT by THE CITY. A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from cutting funding from the MTA and New York state over their repeated refusals to shut down congestion pricing.

3 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Jose Martinez

The MTA is set to pay millions more to the company that developed the new OMNY fare payment system — which has been plagued by a spotty rollout and complaints over customer service. The transit authority’s board on Wednesday approved a nearly $3 million modification to its existing contract with Cubic Transportation Systems for an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to more quickly answer common rider questions on the OMNY website.

3 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Jose Martinez

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from cutting funding from the MTA and New York state over their repeated refusals to shut down congestion pricing. The ruling from the U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan federal court came one day before Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had warned that the federal government could begin implementing “compliance actions” to delay approvals or withhold funding on key projects in New York state.

4 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Jose Martinez

Subway and bus riders are fuming over OMNY glitches that billed them late, kept them from tapping through turnstiles — and has them enduring lengthy waits for customer service on the MTA’s new fare-payment system. Commuters have been caught off-guard in recent weeks by bugs that, in some cases, have charges showing up days late on bank statements and, in some cases, creating trouble while tapping.