NY Bronx news

• Fare evasion: MTA battling scourge of scofflaws boarding buses without paying their fair share

  11-05-2025 21:00 via amny.com
  
  NYC buses are hotspots for fare evasion as the MTA continues efforts to eradicate the scourge that has resulted in millions of dollars lost throughout the public transit system.amNewYork scoped out two bus routes in Queens for about 45 minutes on May 10 and witnessed half a dozen passengers skipping the $2.90 fare, choosing to treat themselves to an illegal free ride while other passengers paid their fair share.Eight people boarded two back-to-back Q53 buses at 62nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue,
  
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• Speed cameras to be installed at MTA bridges and tunnels in NYC targeting lead-footed drivers in construction zones

  11-05-2025 16:00 via amny.com
  
  The MTA is set to zoom in on drivers who recklessly speed through construction zones on its bridges and tunnels, and make them pay.As part of the recently approved $254 million state budget, Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers agreed to expand an existing construction-zone speed camera program to the MTA’s seven bridges and two tunnels: the Bronx-Whitestone, Cross Bay, Henry Hudson, Marine Parkway, Robert F. Kennedy, Throgs Neck and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridges; and the Hugh L. Carey and Mi
  
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• Double shooting in the Bronx leaves man dead, woman wounded: cops

  11-05-2025 15:05 via amny.com
  Police in the Bronx are investigating a double shooting on Saturday night that left a man dead and a woman seriously injured.Authorities said the gun violence happened at about 8:33 p.m. on May 10 near 224 Willis Ave. in Mott Haven.Officers from the 40th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about a crime in progress, located the two victims: a 30-year-old man shot in the chest, and a 42-year-old woman who suffered a bullet wound to her leg.[caption id="attachment_137763143" align="aligncenter"
  
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