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Discussions between the city and the New York City Transit Authority which included a threat of laying off the entire Transit Police Department, produced a memorandum of understanding, and at 12:01 AM on April 2, 1995, the NYC Transit Police was consolidated with the New York City Police Department to become a new bureau within the NYPD called ...
In 1968, an outgoing member of the then-new Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which controlled New York City's transit system as well as the city's tolled crossings, suggested adding tolls to the East River crossings in order to encourage mass transit use. [11] The proposal was brought up again in 1971. [12]
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is the department of the government of New York City [1] responsible for garbage collection, recycling collection, street cleaning, and snow removal. The DSNY is the primary operator of the New York City waste management system. [2] The department's motto.
Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.The population was 10,875 according to the 2010 United States Census. [2] In 2021, its population rose to an estimated 11,456. [3]
The Q113 and Q114 are one of the few public transit options between the Rockaway peninsula and "mainland" New York City. The corridor was originally a streetcar line that began operation in 1897, referred to as the Far Rockaway line , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Jamaica−Far Rockaway line , [ 9 ] Far Rockaway−Jamaica line [ 10 ] or Jamaica and Far Rockaway ...
In 1664, New York was named in honor of the Duke of York (later King James II of England). [35] James's elder brother, King Charles II, appointed the Duke as proprietor of the former territory of New Netherland, including the city of New Amsterdam, when the Kingdom of England seized it from Dutch control.
Edward Livingston died in 1864. In 1880, the New York, Ontario and Western Railway reached Livingston Manor. Many of its premier trains, such as the Livingston Manor Express, ended there. Passenger service ended in early September, 1953, and the railroad was abandoned on March 30, 1957. Purvis residents in 1882 chose the new name of Livingston ...
1966 New York City transit strike; 1980 New York City transit strike; 1984 New York City Subway shooting; 2005 New York City transit strike; 2006 New York City plane crash; 2017–2021 New York City transit crisis; 2017 New York City truck attack