NEW YORK — To some, the prospect of adding new subway elevators not far from the World Trade Center is a godsend, a desperately needed portal for the disabled to a subway system that is among the ...

NEW YORK — Across large swaths of New York City, it is impossible to take the subway without using the stairs. People who rely on wheelchairs are simply out of luck. The transit agency has repeatedly ...

Adding an elevator to the 81st Street station outside the American Museum of Natural History required a dig 40 feet deep, 32 of which were through solid rock. Photo: Christopher Bonanos Adding an ...

New York City’s tallest subway station will soon have elevators, ending the daunting climb to the platform, state officials announced Friday. The Smith-9th Street stop in Gowanus — the tallest station ...

Janno Lieber, chair of the MTA, is three-plus years into his unforgiving job and has become the first leader of the agency in a generation who’s been in charge long enough to oversee the creation of ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — As part of its ongoing drive to make as many subway stations accessible as possible, the MTA on Thursday announced a new elevator at the Hoyt Street subway station on the 2 and 3 ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause on congestion pricing has prompted the MTA to halt its plans to install elevators at more than 20 subway stations, including one in Midtown where a mother ...

Dozens of advocates for accessibility in transit rallied outside MTA headquarters in Lower Manhattan on Monday as part of their ongoing push for better subway elevator maintenance. The protest, led by ...