This Knicks sign auction has me going down a municipal sales rabbit hole. Peep this champagne Lincoln Town Car for $1k. I can hear those seats www.govdeals.com/en/asset/31/...
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Stefanos Chen
Профиль VivelyNYT reporter covering New York's transit systems. I snoop on Greek convos.
New York City is auctioning off an official "Champions Way" street sign that was hung along the Knicks' ticker tape parade route in the Canyon of Heroes. Starting bid: $100. Final price: How much is Spike (or Stiller, or Chalamet) willing to pay? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...
The Latest Sign of Knicks Fever: ‘Champions Way’ Is Headed for Auction (Gift Article)New York City will auction off a limited edition “Champions Way” street sign that was hung along the team’s parade route.www.nytimes.comThe M.T.A. finished this nearly billion-dollar MetroNorth project almost $200M under budget and years ahead of schedule. Can it do the same with some of its big-haul projects? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/n...
An M.T.A. Project Is Under Budget and Finished Early. No, Really. (Gift Article)The authority has long been panned for construction overruns and delays. It hopes a Metro-North Rail Road project could change that reputation.www.nytimes.comThis was a clever play from Mayor Mamdani - essentially a quiet pilot for a major street redesign, under the cover of the tournament. Promising results
Transportation AlternativesTens of thousands of World Cup viewers were able to get to the stadium by bus on a car-free 42nd Street. It's time to make the 42nd Street Busway permanent!
The World Cup is over, but the bean counting's just begun. Was the benefit of hosting 8 games in NY-NJ worth the price? We break down the costs, check the vibes, and lay out the issues that might grind voters' gears w/ @emmagf.bsky.social @davidwaldstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/n...
The World Cup in New York and New Jersey, by the Numbers (Gift Article)The World Cup brought hordes of soccer fans to town, and locals flocked to watch parties. But did the games deliver on promises of an economic boon?www.nytimes.comNEW: The private inspection company tasked with ensuring structural work at the troubled Midtown tower conversion was founded, and remains tied to, a former buildings official with a long history of scandals www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/n...
Firms With Checkered Pasts Tied to Troubled Midtown Construction Project (Gift Article)Among those connected to companies that worked on 235 East 42nd Street were a man who once bribed city officials and a developer who gave a loan to Bernard Kerik.www.nytimes.comthis is horrifying and fascinating and hilarious www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It. (Gift Article)Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?www.nytimes.comThe "free" part of Mayor Mamdani's "fast and free buses" promise hit a road block. But today, he and Gov Hochul revealed a 51-page plan to speed up NYC's bus network, one of the slowest fleets in the nation www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/n...
Mamdani Promised Faster Buses. Now He Has a Road Map.www.nytimes.comCongestion pricing, by and large, didn't make parking any worse in the city. But one interesting tidbit from DOT in this new report: they're against residential parking permits as a fix to bad parking nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/06/p...
Report: Congestion Pricing Had No Impact on Parking Availability - Streetsblog New York CityA new study found congestion pricing had little-to-no impact on parking availability in New York City — both inside and outside the toll zone.nyc.streetsblog.orgTodd Heisler took the best photo I've seen of the FIFA Morocco win in Astoria. Pure joy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NEW: City Council is expanding transit discounts to 340,000 more New Yorkers, as part of the budget agreement. The program, Fair Fares, will now be available to 1.3 million bus, subway and paratransit riders www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/n...
New York Is Set to Offer Transit Discounts to 340,000 More Riderswww.nytimes.comLots of spicy quotes and internecine drama between the MTA, Amtrak, and the governor's office, as Penn Station redux gets underway www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/n...
Trump Administration and the M.T.A. Clash Over Penn Station Redesignwww.nytimes.comRain in the forecast and sluggish train ticket sales could make for an awful World Cup commute this afternoon in NY/NJ. The game starts at 8pm, but the NJT portion of Penn Station will close hours earlier. The highways have been packed on previous game days www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/n...
A Local Train System Is on a World Stage, and Everyone’s a Criticwww.nytimes.comThe thing I'm most proud of in our FIFA transit race video: I brought Greece to the World Cup, at least in spirit (vid here: www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...)
In sweltering heat, we took a train, a school bus, an Uber and a bike to travel to the World Cup at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. How do the routes size up? Watch our FIFA transit race! www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...
Video: Racing to the World Cup From New YorkBus, train, bike or Uber: Which will get you to MetLife Stadium first? Four New York Times reporters raced from Midtown Manhattan to the first World Cup game there.www.nytimes.comDon't be this guy. Read our FIFA transit time trials to figure out how to get the FIFA World Cup games in New Jersey www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/n...