Audit: MTA hasn't maintained tunnel flood doors, taken other extreme weather precautions
The audit by the state comptroller found that several flood doors on the Queens-Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels had broken gasket seals, which could cause them to leak if deployed.
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Audit Reveals MTA’s Vulnerabilities to Extreme Weather
Three Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) agencies need to improve their readiness for extreme weather events, an audit released Thursday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli ...
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NY comptroller audit criticizes MTA’s extreme weather preparedness, calls for improvements
The audit accuses the MTA of having gaps in its preparations for extreme weather, with particular concerns about maintenance ...
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MTA worker stabbed at Bronx subway station, police say
An MTA worker was stabbed twice in the armpit after a verbal dispute in the mezzanine of the Pelham Park subway station in ...
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MTA Hero: Queens bus driver steps in to save boy in need of help
JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- This week's MTA Hero is Edward Kircher, a bus operator out of the JFK bus depot in Queens. Kircher was recently driving a Q7 bus when he noticed a child traveling alone ...
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MTA to close Staten Island bus depot Jan. 3
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials plan to close a Staten Island bus depot Jan. 3, but predict it will have little impact on local service. But critics ...