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• MTA boss warns devastating proposed federal cuts to transit funding on the horizon

  01-10-2026 23:10 via amny.com
  
  The MTA faces the grim prospect of $250 million in annual federal funding formula cuts under legislation currently being pushed in the Republican-controlled Congress — reductions that MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber warned Wednesday could spell big trouble for New York's mass transit system.Lieber, during the latest meeting of the agency's board on Sept. 30, warned that the reductions would come in a proposed Republican-led extension to former President Joe Biden's Infrastructure Investment
  
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• ‘A new kind of education system’: Inside Runway Green’s plans for Floyd Bennett Field

  01-10-2026 21:46 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  For years, Runway Green has been pitching an ambitious vision for Floyd Bennett Field: turn part of the sprawling former airfield into an outdoor classroom where New York City students can learn about sustainability, explore green careers and get hands-on experience outside the traditional classroom.
  Now, the vision is starting to become something Brooklynites can actually see taking shape.
  With a 60-year lease for the new site now secured, Runway Green expects to break ground in 2027 on the fir
  
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• Still ‘unclear’ how 57-year-old man got caught in A train door, dragged to his death: MTA official

  01-10-2026 19:15 via amny.com
  
  A top MTA official said Wednesday that it remains "unclear" how a 57-year-old man got caught in the door of an A train and dragged to his death earlier this week.MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow — during the Sept. 30 MTA board meeting — said what the agency does know is that the deceased straphanger, identified by the NYPD as Yaw Boahene, boarded a Manhattan-bound A train at the Rockaway Av station around 5:48 p.m. on Sept. 28.Boahene was carrying a blue plastic
  
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• These parts of NYC are getting a new fast track for affordable housing

  01-10-2026 18:15 via amny.com
  
  A new fast-track process for affordable housing will take effect in 12 community districts next year, after the Mamdani administration on Thursday identified the neighborhoods where the voter-approved changes will apply.The list runs from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights to the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, parts of eastern and southern Queens, and much of Staten Island. No Bronx community district appears on the list.Starting Jan. 1, qualifying affordable housing proposals in those distric
  
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• Affordable housing: These parts of NYC are on the Mamdani administration’s fast track for new units. What does it mean for communities?

  01-10-2026 18:15 via amny.com
  
  A new fast-track process for affordable housing will take effect in 12 community districts next year, after the Mamdani administration on Thursday identified the neighborhoods where the voter-approved changes will apply.The list runs from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights to the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, parts of eastern and southern Queens, and much of Staten Island. No Bronx community district appears on the list.Starting Jan. 1, qualifying affordable housing proposals in those distric
  
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• Halloween goes car-free: NYC’s Trick-or-Streets brings family fun to every borough

  01-10-2026 17:31 via newyorkfamily.com
  
  [caption id="attachment_408402" align="alignnone" width="800"] Courtesy of NYC DOT[/caption]The city’s largest-ever Trick-or-Streets celebration will bring 160 car-free Open Streets and plazas across all five boroughs to life with free Halloween fun, trick-or-treating, music, games, and more.At a Glance NYC’s biggest-ever Trick-or-Streets celebration features 160 car-free Open Streets and plazas across the five boroughs Halloween and fall festivities take place throughout October 202
  
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• City breaks ground on Box Street Park after two decades of delays

  01-10-2026 15:35 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  After two decades of delays, construction is finally starting on Box Street Park, city officials announced Thursday.The 2.5 acre waterfront park was promised to replace an MTA parking lot as part of the 2005 Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning. As the neighborhood changed around it, the project was plagued by administrative setbacks, and the land is still fenced-off and undeveloped. “Today, we are finally making good on a promise that Greenpoint families have been waiting decades to see
  
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• Acme Smoked Fish plants hooks deep in Brooklyn with multi-generational fish smoking business

  01-10-2026 15:00 via amny.com
  
  A smoked fish factory has built a lasting legacy in Brooklyn.Acme Smoked Fish, a premier smoked fish purveyor, has been a staple in the Greenpoint community for decades. In 1906, Harry Brownstein started in the fish smoking business as a wagon jobber, taking a horse-drawn wagon around Brooklyn and Queens, buying smoked fish and selling them.“It was his dream to open his own smokehouse,” said Adam Caslow, Managing Partner & Owner of Acme Smoked Fish, and Brownstein’s great-g
  
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