Nearly all brand new subway cars taken out of service

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Thursday October 26, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [MTA’s gleaming new subway cars taken out of service for faulty gearboxes, flat wheels]( [An R211 train.]( [Nearly all of the new R211 trains are out service due to a mechanical problem, the MTA confirmed.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [A crumbling and sagging ceiling of an apartment litters the floor underneath with pieces of sheetrock and paint]( [NYC hits landlord with $4M penalties for ‘horror movie’ conditions and illegal hotels]( [Landlord Daniel Ohebshalom, also known as Daniel Shalom, and his associates will pay close to $4.2 million in settlements and fines after the city said he turned empty rent-stabilized units into illegal hotels and endangered tenants in his buildings.]( [The MTA says N, Q, R, and W trains are skipping the station after a person was struck in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, Oct. 26.]( [Subway train strikes passenger at 8th Street in Manhattan]( [The MTA says N, Q, R and W trains are bypassing the station.]( [Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom speaks at a May 24, 2023, press briefing on the migrant crisis, at City Hall.]( [NYC, state officials trade blame for slow-moving migrant housing program]( [“Let's put an air mattress in there, and let's get this done,” a top city official said Tuesday about the program. “Somehow people don't have the same sense of urgency I think that we do.”]( [Schools Chancellor David Banks and Mayor Eric Adams speak at a press conference with a large crowd in the background.]( [Adams administration resumes midyear budget cuts at low-enrollment schools]( [The midyear cuts come on top of Mayor Eric Adams' calls for increased belt-tightening at all city agencies, including the education department.]( [Two council members, Shahana Hanif and Tiffany Caban, listen to a person in a red blazer testifying before the city council.]( [NYC offering housing grants for domestic violence survivors—but advocates say program is underfunded]( [Members of the City Council say the program, which has yet to launch, should receive $6 million to meet the need.]( [A police officer blocks access to the road to Sparetime Recreation on October 26, 2023 in Lewiston, Maine. Police are still searching for the suspect in the mass shooting, Robert Card, who killed over 15 people in two separate shootings.]( [NYPD deploys investigators after Maine mass shooting where suspect remains at large]( [Police have placed additional security at New York City entry points “out of an abundance of caution.”]( [An elderly man in a pharmacy.]( [There are now more seniors and fewer kids in NYC, says state comptroller]( [The report sheds new light on who stayed put and who left during the upheaval caused by the pandemic.]( [A view of Newark, NJ which was deemed the worst U.S. city for renters.]( [Extra Extra: NYC isn't the worst city for renters (but it's pretty close)]( [Because you can't have too much Fuchka, here are your afternoon links: cannabis may be making your anxiety worse, Uber's fully autonomous rides, the worst U.S. city for renters, and more from around the city and internet.]( ADVERTISEMENT [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.