MTA needs up to $92B for transit upgrades, comptroller says

Plus: Jacob Riis Beach boardwalk is getting a facelift [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [MTA needs up to $92B for transit upgrades, maintenance through 2029, report says]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the lower 80s. It's Thursday in New York City, where an expanded Penn Station, new subway cars and buses, dozens of station accessibility upgrades and a new light rail line connecting Brooklyn and Queens could all be ours. The state just needs to come up with $92.2 billion — on top of the $15 billion hole caused by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s order to pause congestion pricing. [Here's how state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli suggests lawmakers raise all that cash](. And here's what else is happening: - Gov. Hochul has suggested that congestion pricing could eventually go into effect with tolls lower than $15. How low could they go, and [how long would it take to make that happen]( - More than 700 women have sued New York City alleging they were sexually assaulted by staff while detained on Rikers Island. Here's where [the officials who could enforce accountability]( stand on the issue. - Three correction officers who watched a man bleed to death on Rikers Island for 10 minutes without helping were found to have contributed to his death, but their inaction didn't rise to criminally negligent homicide, [according to the state attorney general's office](. - Mayor Eric Adams’ 60-day stay limit for migrant families in city shelters appears to be working as intended: More than half of the 12,560 families who have received eviction notices have since [left the shelter system altogether]( according to City Hall. - The National Park Service is giving the Jacob Riis Beach boardwalk a [badly-needed $2.7 million refurbishment]( this fall. - The Feast of San Gennaro [kicks off tonight]( in Little Italy. - Mayor Adams has assigned NYPD Deputy Inspector Timothy Wilson to be the "chief of enforcement" for the parks department as part of a broader move toward [installing cops in civilian agencies](. - Top Adams aide Timothy Pearson made news last fall when he physically assaulted two security guards outside a Midtown migrant shelter and had them arrested. According to an upcoming lawsuit, [he then threatened the two guards]( while they were being detained. - The New York Post reports that Phil and Terence Banks, two other Adams allies who are now under federal investigation, [love expensive cigars](. - Valarie D’Elia, a longtime [travel reporter for NY1]( has died at the age of 64. - "Woman 1: I have no children. Does that mean I have no say? Woman 2: I think there’s a better way to have put that, but it is true": [NYMag collected some interesting quotes]( from a New York Young Republican Club debate watch party. - Nashville police are thanking Jon Bon Jovi for [talking a distressed woman off the edge of a bridge](. - The Zero Bond guy's [contentious East Hampton restaurant]( is closed. - But summer's [not over]( [“If it went below $9, there'd be additional analysis they would have to do. They would have to do more computer runs and scenario analysis.”]( - Columbia Law School professor Michael Gerrard on [THE POSSIBILITY OF GOV. HOCHUL LOWERING THE CONGESTION TOLL]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Only 6% of 9/11 Museum's visitors live in NYC, where locals have mixed feelings]( The museum, which opened in May 2014, has had the challenge of asking New Yorkers to visit one of the most difficult chapters in the city’s history. And families of some 9/11 victims have objected to their loved ones being part of the exhibit. [Fran Lebowitz is still not invited to FranCon]( The Halloween-adjacent party where attendees dress up as the iconic New York City curmudgeon returns to the East Village for its fourth year in a row on Thursday, Oct. 24. [We Rely On Your Support]( [How to live your best life: A new book from an NYC author examines how to ‘unhide’]( Out of fears that she would not find a job, love or acceptance, author Ruth Rathblott, who has a limb deficiency, hid her left hand from coworkers and dating partners for 25 years. She spoke with WNYC's Alison Stewart about why she stopped hiding — and why she's encouraging others to do the same. [What’s playing in NYC theater this fall? Broadway revivals, Adam Driver and more stars.]( Highlights this season include revivals of “Gypsy” and “Our Town,” as well as new productions like “The Hills of California” and “Yellow Face.” [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.