Patrick McGeehan

New York

Reporter at The New York Times

NY Times scribe, NU Wildcats diehard, fan of Cubs and Sox of all colors.

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Articles

A Key to New York City's Water Quality That's Hiding in Plain Sight

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan |Yuvraj Khanna

Hundreds of these cast-iron boxes go largely unnoticed by the millions who shuffle past. Credit... Hundreds of cast-iron boxes standing chest-high on the sidewalks of New York City are there to provide an essential service to residents. But these silver sentinels go largely unnoticed, their purpose a mystery to the millions who shuffle past.
Inside the Mysterious Silver Boxes on New York City Streets

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan |Yuvraj Khanna

Hundreds of these cast-iron boxes go largely unnoticed by the millions who shuffle past. Credit... Hundreds of cast-iron boxes standing chest-high on the sidewalks of New York City are there to provide an essential service to residents. But these silver sentinels go largely unnoticed, their purpose a mystery to the millions who shuffle past.
As N.J. Transit Strike Looms, Riders Are Warned to Prepare for 'Chaos'

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

Tens of thousands of New Jersey commuters are being told that they may need to work from home if train engineers go on strike. Just as the post-pandemic return to offices in New York City has achieved sustained momentum, tens of thousands of commuters from New Jersey are being warned that they may need to work from home if train engineers go on strike later this month.
Many Have Tried to Fix Penn Station. Can Trump Get the Job Done?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

Transportation experts say a thorough renovation is likely to take several years to complete - unless emergency measures are employed. Political leaders in New York have been promising an overhaul of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan for so long that the saga has started to resemble the Arthurian legend of the sword in the stone. One by one, officials have tried to pull off ambitious renovation schemes, and one by one they have failed.
Trump Administration Says It Will Take Over Renovation of Penn Station

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen |Patrick McGeehan

The head of the federal Department of Transportation said on Thursday that the Trump administration would take control of the renovation of Pennsylvania Station away from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The station, one of the busiest and also most maligned transit hubs in the world, has for decades been on the verge of a massive overhaul to remedy its cramped and dreary corridors. But the competing priorities of local, state and federal stakeholders have made progress difficult.
Trump Administration Halts Building of Giant Wind Farm Off N.Y. Coast

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Patrick McGeehan

Share Just as construction was starting on a massive wind farm off the coast of Long Island, the Trump administration ordered an immediate halt on Wednesday that could spell a serious setback for hopes of powering New York City with offshore wind.Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, called for the cessation of “all construction activities” on the Empire Wind project, which was designed to provide enough electricity to power about 500,000 homes in New York.On the first day of his new term in...
Trump Administration Halts Building of Giant Wind Farm Off N.Y. Coast

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

New York's governor, Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, quickly responded that she would "fight this decision every step of the way." She called the secretary's move a "federal overreach" that she would not allow to stand. The order came two weeks after Representative Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey, asked Mr. Burgum in a letter to "do everything in your power" to stop what he called an "underhanded rush" to build the wind farm.
Missing Rotor Is Recovered From Site of Helicopter Crash in Hudson River

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight when it suddenly broke apart in midair, its rotor blades falling separately toward the water. When rescue crews reached the passenger compartment of the helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six of its occupants, the aircraft was missing several critical components, including the rotor and blades that had kept it aloft.
Before a Fatal Helicopter Crash, 2 Midair Breakdowns and Unpaid Bills

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan |Michael Rothfeld |Christopher Maag

The charter firm whose helicopter plunged into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five, had been struggling financially, records show. As federal investigators began the long job of examining what caused a sightseeing helicopter to crash into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people on board, details began to emerge about the small company that made the doomed flight - and its operator's checkered history.
Charter Company in Fatal Helicopter Crash Had Prior Mechanical Failures

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

The firm that operated the helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people aboard, has a long history of flying excursions around New York City, some of which have not ended as planned. The company, New York Helicopter Charter, had one of its aircraft crash while hovering 20 feet off the ground after takeoff in northern New Jersey in 2015.