Stefanos Chen

New York

Future of New York Reporter at The New York Times

NYT reporter and @maynardinst fellow. I eavesdrop on Greek convos. [email protected]

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Articles

How 40 Manhattan Businesses Are Adapting to Congestion Pricing

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Stefanos Chen |Nate Schweber

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. An informal survey along Bleecker Street surfaced complaints about higher delivery costs, but most businesses are making do, even if they do not like it. Some customers have griped about having to pay the new $9 toll to drive to John's Pizzeria, a Greenwich Village institution, in the heart of the congestion pricing zone. One regular from Long Island swore he wouldn't pay on principle and hasn't returned.
Luxury Condo Owners Accuse Builders of Hiding Dangerous Defects

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Dionne Searcey |Stefanos Chen

In a lawsuit, the condo board at 432 Park Avenue says the city and potential residents were not told about the severity of early cracks in the supertall building's exterior. The condo board at a troubled 1,400-foot luxury tower on New York City's Billionaires' Row is accusing developers of "deliberate and far-reaching fraud" by failing to disclose early cracks in the facade that it says could lead to dangerous structural issues.
Deep in the Subway Station, Reporters Find a Century-Old System

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Stefanos Chen

Much of the New York subway system still uses signal technology installed nearly 100 years ago. Two reporters wanted to find out how it worked. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The sign on the scuffed-up door offered a warning: only New York City transit workers allowed. Luckily, we were with a few.
The M.T.A. Gets $68 Billion in the State Budget. What Will Riders Get?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. New York State has agreed to fully fund the transit authority's five-year capital plan. Threats from the federal government could still lead to a shortfall. A return of the Summer of Hell has been avoided. For now. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will get $68.4 billion over the next five years as part of a state budget agreement - its largest ever capital plan - to prevent the subway, bus system and two commuter railroads from falling apart.
Can Trump Still Kill Congestion Pricing After U.S. Lawyers Showed Doubt?

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Stefanos Chen |Winnie Hu

Share The Trump administration inadvertently showed its cards when its own lawyers released a confidential document expressing grave doubts about their legal fight with New York to end congestion pricing.But does that mean Washington’s whole case will go bust?It started when lawyers representing the U.S. Department of Transportation filed a detailed memo in federal court that laid out why the agency was likely to lose.
Can Trump Administration Still Kill NYC Congestion Pricing After Lawyers' Doubts?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen |Winnie Hu

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. An embarrassing disclosure by federal lawyers revealed the weaknesses in the government's bid to end the New York toll program. It could mark a turning point in the case. The Trump administration inadvertently showed its cards when its own lawyers released a confidential document expressing grave doubts about their legal fight with New York to end congestion pricing. But does that mean Washington's whole case will go bust?
U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Exposed Flaws in Anti-Congestion Pricing Case

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen |Benjamin Weiser

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. The U.S. Department of Transportation chafed at the release of a confidential memo mulling its strategy and raised the possibility that the move aimed to sabotage its case. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday said it took the extraordinary step of replacing the federal lawyers defending it in a lawsuit over New York City's congestion pricing program, after accusing them of undermining the department's bid to end the toll.
Trump Administration Renews Threats Against New York in Congestion Pricing Fight

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen |Winnie Hu

The Trump administration renewed its threats against New York over congestion pricing on Monday, demanding that the state halt the tolling plan or risk the loss of federal funding and approvals for other transit projects. Sean Duffy, the U.S. secretary of transportation, wrote in a letter addressed to Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York that she had until May 21 to explain why his department should not make good on its threats. Penalties for not ending the toll would begin May 28.
An Inside Look at the NYC Subway's Archaic Signal System

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Stefanos Chen |Eden Weingart |Tony Cenicola

Deep inside a subway station in Brooklyn, in a cramped, industrial room, Dyanesha Pryor pushes in a metal lever on a hulking machine that was installed nearly a century ago. A few hundred feet away, a signal light flashes red and a train that had been rumbling down the local tracks slides to a stop. Ms. Pryor, a transit worker, pulls another lever and a section of rail shifts into place, allowing the local train to merge onto a shared track in front of a waiting express train.
Embattled Congestion Pricing Program Gets Boost From Federal Judge

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen |Winnie Hu

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. Judge Lewis J. Liman struck down several arguments in various lawsuits seeking to undo the New York City tolling program. Though weakened, the court cases continue. The federal judge who could decide the fate of congestion pricing dismissed on Thursday a number of arguments in lawsuits seeking to stop the toll, a move likely to strengthen New York State's defense of the program in its fight against the Trump administration. The judge, Lewis J.