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NYC’s public housing funding could be slashed in half as city Dems slam ‘reckless’ Trump admin
The Trump administration’s draft 2026 budget aims to trim Department of Housing and Urban Development funding by $33 billion, a move that could halve support for the New York City Housing Authority and worsen the city’s affordable housing woes. As city Democrats fume at the prospect, the real challenge will be squeezing blood from the stone that is NYCHA’s already aging infrastructure—something home improvement shows never quite prepare you for.
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NJ Transit warned its 350,000 daily rail commuters to make Thursday travel plans in anticipation of a strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which could halt all trains from New Jersey to New York City for the first time in over four decades. The agency’s back-up buses will serve only a fraction of riders—a reminder that not even New York’s hustle is immune to statistical gridlock.
Roughly 350,000 daily commuters may be stranded if New Jersey Transit’s engineers—with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen—down tools on Friday, forcing NJ Transit’s sprawling rail network linking New York City to Newark Airport and beyond into a rare standstill. Talks have stalled over salary spats: a $57,000 gap persists. We may soon discover just how many New Jerseyans actually enjoy working from home.
Amtrak will close one East River Tunnel tube entirely for 13 months from May 23rd, arguing full shutdown is the only way to restore rotting concrete and cables amid water leaks—though the MTA prefers the gentler touch of weekend repairs, citing its 2019 L train fix. We’re told a century of reliability awaits, although, as New Yorkers know, hope and timetables rarely travel together.
After yet another spate of delays and outages, we see Newark Liberty International Airport’s old-fashioned air traffic control—still leaning on floppy disks and ancient copper wiring—finally facing some FAA and airline soul-searching. Flight caps, trimmed to as low as 56 an hour, may offer controllers a breather, though travelers may find 1970s nostalgia has its costs, especially when those copper wires lose their spark.
Governor Kathy Hochul will send inflation refund checks to 8.2 million New Yorkers this autumn, with joint filers earning under $150,000 set to pocket $400 and single filers under $75,000 getting $200, all courtesy of a $2 billion sales-tax windfall. Expanded child tax credits and free school meals round out Albany’s $4 billion affordability drive—New York’s own attempt at wallet CPR, with fingers crossed for the state’s fiscal pulse.
NJ Transit warned travelers to wrap up their journeys by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, as rail unions may strike on Friday—an impasse reportedly driven by stalled labor talks over pay and schedules. Roughly 300,000 daily riders could be left in the lurch if trains grind to a halt; commuters in New York and New Jersey are bracing for another inadvertent master class in carpool diplomacy.
After years of dysfunction at New York’s Rikers Island jail, a federal judge has relieved City Hall of full control, handing greater oversight to a court-appointed monitor and the U.S. Department of Justice. Citing "unprecedented" violence and feckless reforms, the ruling marks a stern rebuke for Mayor Eric Adams and a turning point for American penal oversight—or perhaps just another spin through the revolving door of reform.
The Biden administration may abandon its mental health parity rule, according to Justice Department filings, echoing the Trump-era move to strip more than $11 billion from local mental health services. This regulation has required insurers to cover therapy and medications as they do physical treatments; advocates like Stacy Ross fret over the consequences if Washington pulls the plug. Evidently, political stability remains a far scarcer resource than counseling.
