Sentences with phrase «ordered city subways»

In January, Cuomo ordered city subways shut down ahead of a big snowstorm without giving the mayor notice; in October, the governor ordered a quarantine at city airports for health workers when Ebola struck in Africa.

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Almost a week after City Hall denied ordering cops to remove homeless people ahead of the mayor's subway trip, O'Neill conceded Friday that the NYPD had indeed done «inspections» of the stations involved.

Currently, Flanagan and de Blasio are at odds on a new proposal from the mayor's office that would increase taxes on upper income earners in order to bolster the New York City subway system.

Albanese believes that, despite control of the MTA being largely in the hands of the governor, the city can still play a bigger role in fixing its transit issues; he has pledged to add $ 1 billion in city money to the MTA capital plan, in order to fix the subway's ailing signals, among other things.

City and state officials had been saying throughout the day that subway service would be ramped down in the evening in order to store trains on the express tracks underground.

The legislation captures an infinitesimal six percent of city sales tax, for a one - time need, in order to make desperate repairs to a degraded subway system that serves its residents and businesses.

Massey offered the idea of building «a bridge, a tunnel and a subway» from Manhattan to Long Island City, Queens in order to spark economic development.

«It is no secret the New York City subway system is in dire need of upgrades and repairs, not only for the safety of commuters and visitors throughout the metropolitan area, but in order to meet the demand of travelers as ridership continues to grow,» Cuomo said.

Evacuations ordered in New York City New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended all subway, rail and bus service in the city yesterday starting at 7 p.m., as the downstate region braced for the prospect of mass water intrusion into underground transit, high winds and dangerous coastal floodCity New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended all subway, rail and bus service in the city yesterday starting at 7 p.m., as the downstate region braced for the prospect of mass water intrusion into underground transit, high winds and dangerous coastal floodcity yesterday starting at 7 p.m., as the downstate region braced for the prospect of mass water intrusion into underground transit, high winds and dangerous coastal flooding.

Kendra's Law — named after Kendra Webdale, a 32 - year - old woman who was pushed to her death in front of a New York City subway train in 1999 by a schizophrenic man who was not taking medication for his condition — allows judges to order certain mentally ill individuals to accept outpatient treatment and monitoring if they wish to remain at large in the community.

Depending on the particular needs of a given city dweller, this may be just what the e-mobility doctor ordered, especially if getting on and off a bus or subway is part of a daily commute and securing a full - sized bike isn't convenient.

Governor Cuomo ordered New York City's transit service to suspend bus, subway, and commuter rail service starting at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Only a year ago, they point out, the city shut down the subway system and ordered the evacuation of 370,000 people as Hurricane Irene barreled up the Atlantic coast.