Author: Newyorki

The New York City Council will hold a hearing Wednesday on a package of proposals aimed at making electric bikes, scooters and mopeds safer on city streets. The session is scheduled for 10 a.m. at City Hall and will bring together committees responsible for transportation, public safety, and consumer and worker protection. The measures under discussion range from restrictions on certain electric bikes to stronger oversight of devices sold for use on city streets. Council members will also examine how existing traffic rules are enforced. Gothamist reported that more than 20 bills are expected to be discussed, including proposals concerning…

A cyclist was killed Monday morning after a dump truck struck her on West 34th Street near Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, according to New York City police. Police said the collision occurred at about 10:51 a.m. Emergency responders pronounced the woman dead at the scene. Authorities described her as 50 years old but had not released her name at the time of the report. The truck driver left the scene, police said. Officers later located and questioned the driver, but had not announced an arrest. The circumstances of the collision remain under investigation. The death has renewed concern about…

Officials marked the launch of the first tunnel boring machine for the Gateway project on Monday in North Bergen, New Jersey, advancing plans for two new rail tunnels linking the state with Manhattan’s Penn Station. The new tunnels are intended to increase rail capacity and make journeys more reliable along one of the country’s busiest passenger rail routes. The existing Hudson River tunnels opened in 1910 and were damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Gateway officials say those tunnels cannot undergo major repairs until the new ones are operating. Monday’s event was a ceremonial start: the first machine still requires…

A plan to modernize the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx has stalled, putting a roughly $650 million project aimed at upgrading one of New York City’s most important food distribution sites in doubt. Bronx officials are trying to salvage the proposal, Gothamist reported Tuesday. The proposed renovation would replace aging facilities with a modern, all-electric distribution center. City plans called for expanded refrigerated warehouse space and improvements to traffic flow, waste handling and working conditions. Reducing reliance on diesel-powered equipment was also intended to improve air quality around the market. A key obstacle has been the lack of…

Flights have resumed at airports across the northeastern United States following a communications failure that disrupted air traffic on Monday. Travelers still faced some delays and cancellations after the technical problem was repaired, as airlines worked through the backlog. The outage affected an air traffic control facility in Philadelphia that handles flights in the region. A primary communications connection failed while a backup fiber-optic line in New Jersey had also been severed. The resulting disruption prompted ground stops and affected flights at Newark Liberty, John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, as well as other Northeast hubs. US Transportation Secretary Sean…

Governor Kathy Hochul leads Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman 50% to 41% among likely New York voters, according to a Siena University poll released Wednesday. The nine-point lead is little changed from Siena’s August survey, which put the race at 49% to 39%. Hochul’s strongest support is in New York City, where she leads 61% to 27%. The contest is much closer elsewhere: she leads 48% to 46% in the downstate suburbs, while Blakeman leads 47% to 44% upstate. Blakeman also holds a narrow 44% to 39% advantage among independent voters. Asked who they expect to win, 66% of likely…

Qantas plans to launch nonstop flights between New York and Sydney in mid-2028, creating the first scheduled commercial service linking the two cities without a stopover. The airline estimates the journey will take about 18 hours, cutting more than three hours from its current one-stop itinerary. The route will be part of Qantas’s Project Sunrise programme, which aims to connect Australia’s east coast directly with major cities farther abroad. New York is the programme’s second confirmed destination, following nonstop Sydney–London flights scheduled to begin in October 2027. Qantas says the New York service will use its Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, configured…

New York and California have filed legal challenges to federal agreements that would buy back leases for planned offshore wind projects, setting up a new court fight over the future of wind energy along both US coasts. New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta argue that the Trump administration’s agreements would bring proposed clean energy developments to an end. The disputed deals involve projects associated with Bluepoint Wind and Invenergy. Other states have joined New York’s challenge. The agreements include roughly $1.4 billion in payments to energy companies. The states contend that ending the projects…

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday for sentencing following his conviction for sexually assaulting former television production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. The 74-year-old faces up to 25 years in prison on the New York charge. Wednesday’s hearing follows a lengthy legal process. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2020, but New York’s highest court overturned that conviction in 2024 after finding that he had not received a fair trial. A jury convicted him again on the charge involving Haley at a retrial in 2025. Haley is expected…

Authorities have identified the woman found dead inside a trash can near Plumb Beach in Brooklyn as Tanaya Campbell Ortiz, 38, of Queens. The cause of her death remains under investigation. Ortiz was discovered on September 16 in a parking area near the Belt Parkway in Sheepshead Bay. Police said someone called 911 shortly after 3 p.m. to report an unresponsive woman. First responders pronounced her dead at the scene. Investigators have not announced how Ortiz died or disclosed the circumstances that led to her body being found in the container. Police continue to investigate, and the medical examiner’s findings…