IBX light rail line gets funding under MTA plan

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Wednesday September 18, 2024 [Donate now]( [NYC's IBX light rail line gets funding under MTA plan, but construction remains years off]( [Renderings of what the Inter-borough express would look like - they should an above-ground station and train]( [For more than two years, Gov. Kathy Hochul has pitched the transit connection as transformative for Brooklyn and Queens.]( More Stories From Today [New York City Mayor Eric Adams stands next to a poster that says "National Urban Rat Summit."]( [Rats like to pee on each other, and other lessons from NYC's Rat Summit]( [Dozens of leading rat experts descended on Pier 57 in Chelsea with a single goal: bludgeoning the vermin into submission, once and for all.]( [Queens residents hold up signs at a rally in Bayside in opposition of the mayor's City of Yes housing proposal.]( [City of Maybe? Mayor Adams will need his political rivals to save his housing plan.]( [Mayor Eric Adams' sharpest critics are among the rezoning plan's strongest supporters. Meanwhile, moderate officials in areas that helped secure Adams' primary win oppose the proposal.]( [Three people stand facing the camera: Gregory Delpeche, left, with his cousin Catheline Jeudy and his cousin Gregory Nougues.]( [Family of bystander shot by NYPD at Brooklyn subway stop wants to see body cams]( [Gregory Delpeche, 49, is sedated and remains in critical condition, family members say.]( [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a news conference about evictions in Capitol Hill.]( [Rep. AOC unveils new housing plan to spur more than 1M affordable homes]( [A new bill introduced by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would supercharge the federal government’s role in creating affordable housing.]( [Demonstrators gather inside the Sutter Avenue L train station two days after a violent police shooting there.]( [18 arrested at Brooklyn subway station during protest of police shooting 4 people on platform]( [The protest came after prosecutors announced plans to file charges against the man shot by police, who was in stable condition as of Tuesday.]( [A photo of Trump supporters camped out ahead Donald Trump's rally in Uniondale.]( [Trump's New York play: Bring back the SALT tax credit he gutted in 2017]( [Ahead of a Long Island rally on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump vowed to bring back the SALT property tax deduction, which he helped cap when he was president.]( [The Chambers Street station opened in 1904 as part of the city's first subway line. It's showing its age.]( [MTA pitches $65.4 billion capital plan to save mass transit in NYC]( [The plan promises to keep the city's subways, railroads and buses from falling into disrepair, but transit officials said they need Gov. Kathy Hochul and other lawmakers to figure out how to pay for more than half of the work.]( [A photo of the crime scene after multiple people were shot during the West Indian Day Parade tis month.]( [NY state lawmaker looks to expand the definition of 'mass shooting' in wake of West Indian Day violence]( [State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, a prospective candidate for mayor, says the state's response to shootings should be streamlined and expanded.]( [the proprietor of the Kar Bone stall at the Feast of San Gennaro]( [Extra Extra: The Carbone knock-off at the Feast of San Gennaro is probably good]( [Because it's rigatoni with spicy vodka sauce — and how you gonna mess that up? — here are your afternoon links: Minivans are dying, music festivals are dying, Tupperware is all but dead and more.]( [A birds-eye view of a sharlotka cake on a table]( [How the kitchen became a refuge amid adversity for this 89-year-old Queens chef]( [After fleeing Soviet rule in 1974, Larisa Frumkin now shares her culinary passion as a cooking instructor in Jackson Heights, Queens.]( [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.