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Early Addition: Can't deny that illegally taking a subway for a joyride requires some transit knowledge
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James Ramsay
Published Mar 19, 2024
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where the historic — and now dilapidated — Chambers Street and 190th Street subway stations are getting facelifts.
Here's what else is happening:
- "A lot of us had dreams of having a career with the MTA," said one 21-year-old who's among the transit enthusiasts who've made a hobby of breaking into out-of-service subway cars and taking them for joyrides.
- The latest survey from the Citizens Budget Commission found that in nearly every sense, New York City residents think life here has gotten worse over the past seven years.
- City Schools Chancellor David Banks said he’s "fighting like heck" to reverse the mayor's Pre-K budget cuts.
- Happy 150th birthday to the 92nd Street Y.
- A New Jersey church is helping hundreds of migrants secure apartments by serving as a middle-man between landlords and rent-paying tenants.
- Winter storms have eroded Atlantic City's beaches to the point where there's almost no sand, leaving casinos scrambling to get some beach replenishment before the summer season.
- General Electric is putting up a branded light show of 1,000 drones off the Weehawken waterfront next month.
- MGM Resorts is denying the claim that Bruno Mars is using profits from his MGM residency to pay off a $50 million gambling debt with the casino company.
- You can't expect that $1.50 Costco hot dog-and-a-drink combo to last forever.
- And finally, good discussion:
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