New Yorkers have a chance to weigh in on the MTA's proposed fare hikes this week. The first of three public hearings is scheduled for Tuesday night in Brooklyn. Under the proposed fare hikes, subway and bus rides would cost $3, up from the current $2.90.

The MTA board approved an approximately $2 billion tunnel boring contract for the Second Avenue Subway line expansion in Harlem.

An audit in June 2024 of the New York Public Transportation Safety Board’s State Safety Oversight Program, which oversees safety for the New York City Transit rail system, found “significant safety deficiencies” in the Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) program and a noted increase in “near-miss events involving transit workers.”