The powerful union representing transit workers has sued the MTA, seeking to block a new policy eliminating a staffing requirement for subway token booths. The new MTA policy, implemented in January, ...
The largest union for New York City transit workers has launched its latest legal challenge to keep the MTA from shuttering booths in subway stations. A lawsuit filed Friday by Transport Workers Union ...
Transit workers and Brooklyn officials say booth closures limit access for riders and violate state law requiring public ...
NEW YORK — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's oldest and largest transit systems. Now, ...
For over three decades, the high-pitched zip of a plastic card hitting a turnstile served as the unofficial heartbeat of the New York City subway. But as of Jan. 1, 2026, the gold-hued MetroCard ...
NEW YORK — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, ...