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On June 27, 2017, thirty-nine people were injured when an A train derailed at 125th Street [1] because the train's emergency brakes were activated as it hit an improperly secured piece of replacement rail. [2] [3] The next day, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency for the subway system. [4]
On January 4, 2024, a New York City Subway train derailed causing at least 26 people, mostly passengers, to suffer minor injuries. The incident happened when the first car of a 1 train collided with a disabled train that had been vandalized, both consisting of R62As, just north of the 96th Street station. [1]
In 2017, New York governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the MTA due to various incidents involving the NYCTA's subway and bus systems. At the time, only 65 percent of weekday trains reached their destinations on time, the lowest rate since a transit crisis in the 1970s.
In New York City, the state's Department of Emergency Management issued a travel advisory, warning of 1 to 2 inches of rain as well as potential flash flooding, damaging winds and "brief tornadoes."
As part of an $836 million program to resolve the subway's 2017–2021 state of emergency, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota announced the expansion of the FASTRACK program in order to fix critical infrastructure faster. [85] [86] [87]
As of 2017, some of the oldest block signals in the system were 80 years old, and they broke down frequently, causing more delays and prompting the MTA to declare a state of emergency for the subway in 2017. [19] An MTA investigation found that between December 2017 and January 2018, broken signals caused 11,555 train delays. [20]
In June 1966, Rockefeller announced his plans to expand the MCTA's scope to create a new regional transit authority. The new authority would encompass the existing MCTA, as well as the NYCTA and TBTA. [19] Lindsay disagreed, saying that the state and city should have operationally separate transit authorities that worked in tandem. [20]
“The state of emergency is perfectly legal and remains open because it is necessary to respond to the COVID pandemic. Only 5% of the COVID-19-related executive order provisions issued throughout ...