"Simple moves like raising entry steps and sealing street vents prevents the kind of flooding that takes service out or causes risk to our passengers," said Jamie Torres-Springer, MTA Construction ...

Transit officials are ill-prepared to effectively deploy personnel and resources to prevent flooding in the event of a hurricane, the MTA Inspector General’s Office said Wednesday. An IG audit ...

In the years following the storm, the MTA spent $7.6 billion on repairs and resiliency projects to shore up vulnerable infrastructure. Some $350 million of that outlay went toward movable flood ...

“Our transit systems are being directly impacted by climate change, from mudslides on the Hudson Line to flooding in our subways and busways.” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the MTA is running full weekend service following Friday's record rainfall and flooding. During a press conference Saturday morning ...

“For New Yorkers, transit is like air and water — we need it to survive,” he added. “And it will not survive unless we plan to protect the system from climate change.” Flooding at the ...

Preparations are underway as New York City and the MTA brace for possible flash flooding when the remnants of Debby arrive on Friday. As straphangers hopped off the No. 1 train at the South Ferry ...

The audit, which covered MTA subagencies for bridges, tunnels and bus operations from 2009 to mid-2023, found that several flood doors on the Queens-Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels had broken ...

A pair of tunnels leading into Manhattan will be partially closed to motorists on several nights this summer as the MTA tests emergency flood doors that would protect the tunnels during a ...

When a deluge of water poured into the Queens-Midtown Tunnel earlier this month, MTA crews spent hours trying to figure out the source of the leak that forced officials to temporarily close the ...

One-sixth of the Hudson Line will be susceptible to high-tide flooding by the 2050s, MTA analysts project. By then, sea levels at Spuyten Duyvil are projected to rise 30 inches. “Climate change ...