Busy Upper East Side Subway Station Getting Much-Needed $146 Million Upgrade "Walk down Lexington Avenue to the 68th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station during rush hour and the sounds of New York City’s hustle and bustle are drowned out by bangs and crashes of construction, where work has begun on a long overdue $146 million upgrade that’ll finally make the Upper East Side station accessible to disabled New Yorkers, that will also make getting in and out of the station easier for all commuters." (Upper East Side)
Bill ensuring cameras remain in every NYC subway station awaits Hochul's signature "The state Senate unanimously approved a measure this week that would legally require surveillance cameras in every New York City subway station, a step the MTA believes will bolster its authority to keep cameras in place despite concerns from civil liberties advocates." (Gothamist)
DOT Announces Multi-Agency Study to ‘Reimagine’ the Cross Bronx Expressway "The effort to possibly send the hated highway straight to hell will be funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, which handed out plenty of cash to local communities to look at tearing down urban freeways in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021." (Streetsblog NYC)
MTA’s East Side Access project renamed ‘Grand Central Madison’ Grand Central Madison is expected to open in December. (6sqft)
Harlem's One45 Project Defeated; Storage, Condos Likely Replacement "The bitterly disputed two-tower proposal was withdrawn hours before a planned vote, ending a yearlong fight that roiled the neighborhood." (Patch)
