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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New Jersey Transit and engineers union agree to deal to end strike

1 month ago | post-gazette.com | Patrick McGeehan

An agreement was reached Sunday to end New Jersey's first statewide transit strike in more than 40 years just three days after it started, a union spokesperson and a person close to the negotiations said. The terms of the deal with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and the timing of when the work stoppage would end, were not immediately available. An announcement by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was expected Sunday night.
New Jersey Transit and Engineers' Union Agree to Deal to End Strike

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

An agreement was reached on Sunday to end New Jersey's first statewide transit strike in more than 40 years just three days after it started, two people close to the negotiations said. The terms of the deal with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and the timing of when the work stoppage would end, were not immediately available. An announcement by Gov. Philip D. Murphy was expected Sunday night.
New Jersey transit engineers strike, idling trains and upending commutes

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Patrick McGeehan

The first statewide transit strike in New Jersey in more than 40 years left a fleet of passenger trains parked in rail yards and thousands of commuters stranded, annoyed and bewildered Friday morning. The strike followed months of negotiations between New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest commuter rail network, and the union that represents train drivers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
Train Service Is Shut Down as Engineers Walk Out

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

Representatives from the locomotive engineers union for NJ Transit outside of Newark Penn Station at a brief presser on Thursday, after the union declared they would go on strike at 12:01 on Friday morning. Credit... Dakota Santiago for The New York Times The New Jersey Transit strike, the first by transit workers in the state since 1983, came after many months of fruitless negotiations and federal interventions.
New Jersey Transit Strike Set to Begin at Midnight After Talks Break Down

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan

All the while, Mr. Murphy, who had promised to "fix" NJ Transit, was monitoring the proceedings from a distance. The governor said on Wednesday night that he had been "talking literally constantly" with Mr. Kolluri.
A Key to New York City's Water Quality That's Hiding in Plain Sight

1 month 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 month 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'

1 month 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?

2 months 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

2 months 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.