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[82] [83] The Board of Transportation operated the New York City transit system until the creation of the New York City Transit Authority in 1953. [84] As part of a pilot program, the BOT installed three-dimensional advertisements at the Times Square station in late 1948.
In 1966, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) called a strike action in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916, and 1919 against the then-private transit ...
The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 80 nations, 24 U.S. states , and nearly 350 American companies.
In June 1953, the New York City Transit Authority, a state agency incorporated for the benefit of the city, now known to the public as MTA New York City Transit, succeeded the BoT. [14] [120] A combination of factors had this takeover coincide with the end of the major rapid transit building eras in New York City. [121]
New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer , 440 U.S. 568 (1979), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in which the constitutionality of an employer's refusal to hire methadone users was upheld.
New York City Transit Authority is a lawsuit in which a woman who laid down on subway tracks in 2000 in an apparent suicide attempt was first awarded over US$14,000,000 after a train hit her. The New York City Transit Authority appealed, and in 2006 the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division , First Department overturned the jury verdict and ...
A reduced-fare pass is available to New York City Housing Authority residents who are 16 or older, members of selected credit unions, or recipients of SNAP benefits. [158] Citibank card holders receive a 10% discount when purchasing annual memberships through the Citi Bike website. [ 151 ]
The New York City Transit Police and the New York City Housing Authority Police Department merged into the NYPD in 1995, becoming the Transit Bureau and Housing Bureau respectively. [29] In 1996, the New York City Department of Transportation's Traffic Operations