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Despite budget gap. NYC transit agency won’t cut free passes for students
Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:00
Daily Outrage: a man was stabbed to death on a new York subway in what appears to have been a dispute over a seat. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) NEW YORK — The agency that runs new York City’s massive bus and subway system says it has decided to abandon a proposal to eliminate free transit passes for [...]
Pace student found in subway tunnel with poison: cops | NYC Subway …
Monday, May 24, 2010 4:01
A suicidal Pace University student sparked a terror scare in the subways early today when he was found wandering in a tunnel beneath the East River dressed in construction gear and toting a bottle of cyanide. Aaron Fetto, 20 — who told cops was looking for an “isolated place in the subway system” to kill [...]
Suspect Admits Guilt in New York Subway Bomb Plot
Monday, May 3, 2010 2:30
A second man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a foiled al-Qaeda-backed plot to attack new York City’s subway system last September using rudimentary explosives, the associated Press reported Saturday (see GSN, Feb. 26). (Apr. 26) – Zarein Ahmedzay, shown in a courtroom drawing, admitted guilt Friday over his role in an aborted plan [...]
Two Top Al-Qaeda Leaders to Be Ordered a Massive Terrorist Attack …
Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:30
In related news (previous bombing plans in America), two top Al-Qaeda leaders were identified in regards to ordering a massive terrorist attack on new York subway system. The U.S. authorities call it as – “one of the deadliest terrorist plans”, since the fateful incident of Sept. 11, 2001. Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay were found [...]
Stop by Stop, Subway's Decline and Growth in 2009
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 20:30
But 2009 was a time of uncertainty and change, and a closer examination of life on the city’s underground reveals a curious resemblance to the uneasy life above the surface. Take the J line, which snakes across a rapidly developing stretch of Williamsburg and eastern Brooklyn: nearly every station along its length gained riders last [...]
NY man pleads guilty in plot to bomb NYC subway | The Gouverneur Times
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:30
Zarein Ahmedzay said in court in Brooklyn that he had received orders from leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network to carry out the foiled plot in September 2009 to bomb Manhattan subway lines. he also pleaded guilty to providing material support to al-Qaida. Authorities say he joined admitted al-Qaida associate Najibullah Zazi and another friend [...]
NYers Keep Loving Their Chickens
Monday, April 19, 2010 19:30
NYC is quietly succumbing to a terminal case of chicken scratch fever: we ride the subway with our chickens, we have runaway chickens, our liquor stores hold them hostage, some dude in the Bronx was giving away 75 of them, and it’s part of our favorite catchphrase. if you participate in any of these chicken-related [...]
G Train to Forest Hills Ends Forever Monday
Friday, April 16, 2010 20:30
In advance of widespread transit service cuts planned for June, NYC Transit is getting an early start by terminating G train service between Court Square and Forest Hills, effective April 19th. but the end probably won’t feel so bitter for many commuters, because the G infrequently putters along that stretch of track anyway. The G [...]
Nine People Injured When a MTA Bus Hits Cab
Friday, April 16, 2010 11:30
Posted by Paul NapoliApril 06, 2010 11:52 AM An accident involving an MTA new York City Transit bus and a cab in Brooklyn has left nine people injured, according to NY1.com. The crash happened about 7 p.m. Saturday night as the B46 bus traveled the scheduled route on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights and collided [...]
