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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 2d

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 2d

GUARDIANS FOR CURTIS: Sliwa drops moola schmoola on armed security after 'deranged' threat to Angels founder & wife

@katiehonan.bsky.social on the looney kazooney menacing against GOP mayoral nominee in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/06/c...

Curtis Sliwa Hires Armed Security, Citing ‘Serious’ Threats

NYPD detail now shadows Mamdani, while Cuomo says ‘I don’t need’ police protection.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 5d

“It should have been done from the start.”

Nearly 10 years after MTA got sued for not installing elevators during $22M renovation of North Bronx subway station, officials say Middletown Road stop is getting lifts
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NEW story in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/03/n...

North Bronx Subway Station to Get Elevators, More Than a Decade After ADA Lawsuit

Improvements to the Middletown Road stop are part of a system-wide push to increase accessibility, paid for in part by congestion pricing.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 5d

THE HOLE STORY: City offering paydays to homeowners in flood-prone nabe near BK-QNS line
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🌐 WORLD EXCLUSIVE 🌐 from @smaldo.bsky.social in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/03/f...

They Live Below Sea Level in NYC. Now, the City Could Buy Out 'The Hole'

The low-lying neighborhood on the Brooklyn-Queens border will be the first place in New York where officials may buy properties proactively — instead of in response to a disaster.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 6d

“It’s unfortunate that our current president, who used to be a resident here in this very city, is making us suffer because they’re not getting along in Washington.”

(MTA rendering of proposed 125th Street station)

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 6d

DERAILED! City pols say they will fight to keep 2nd Ave. Subway on track after Feds ice funding on E. Harlem expansion

“It is a major error by the White House to try to stop the funding,” @repespaillat.bsky.social sez.

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/02/s...

City Leaders Rip Trump DOT for Pausing Billions for Second Avenue Subway

“This is retaliation, plain and simple,” said one representative of East Harlem.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 7d

What, you have plans for 6 o’clock?!

Cancel them and tune in to @fox5ny.bsky.social to catch me talking transit (and fare increases) on the Fox5 News at 6. You can catch ALL the action LIVE at this link. www.fox5ny.com/live

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Stream local news and weather live from FOX 5 New York. Plus watch LiveNow, FOX SOUL, and more exclusive coverage from around the country.

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 8d

LET'S GO BETS! Mets boss comes up a winner on Queens casino plan

Steve Cohen's bet on building gaming palace in Citi Field lot scores early approval - NEW in @thecity.nyc from @lauren-hartley.bsky.social

Steve Cohen’s Citi Field Casino Plan Passes to Final Step

The Queens proposal is now one of four that go to the state for a final license decision.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 8d

DAWN OF THE $3 TAP: Fare increase coming in January, as MTA hits new fare milestone

While riders brace for latest bump, officials tout subway and bus service as 'one of the most affordable aspects of living in New York.'

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/30/m...

MTA Locks in $3 Subway Fare to Start in January

The 2% price hike stands in contrast to double-digit increases in other public transit systems.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 10d

ADAMS SEZ ‘I’M OUT’

New Yorkers left to wonder what his next move would be in game of ‘3D Chess’
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NEW in @thecity.nyc from @katiehonan.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/28/e...

Eric Adams Drops Out of Race for Mayor, Refuses to Endorse Rivals

Lagging badly in polls, the mayor confirmed in a video that he’s suspending his campaign after weeks of denying he was considering an exit.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 13d

MAN OF VISION: Mayor Adams sez he’s playing “3D Chess” in reelection bid
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Hizzoner touts “strategy” in “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever in NYC

⬇️ Quite the tale from @katiehonan.bsky.social — and a heck of a @fractenberg.bsky.social snap ⬇️ www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/e...

Mayor Adams Is Playing '3D Chess' in Longshot Re-Election Run, He Says

Lagging poll numbers haven’t stopped Adams from touting “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 13d

It’s not a small or simple job.

But with those projections for extreme heat going way ⬆️ over the next half-century, it doesn’t hurt to look for subway solutions.

Thank you for reading!

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 13d

Here is a 🔗 to the MTA’s “Climate Resilience Roadmap.”

It’s “good beach reading,” as former MTA big Pat “Fiscal Tsunami” Foye would say. www.mta.info/document/136...

www.mta.info

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 13d

The MTA’s April 2024 “Climate Resilience Roadmap” projects that the # of days when the 🌡️ tops 90 degrees will increase three-fold between now and the 2050s — with heat waves surging from two per year to seven.

14 St-Union Square subway fan 📸 by @alexkrales.bsky.social

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 13d

COOL IDEA: How geothermal technology could chill MTA’s sauna-like subway platforms.
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“There is a lot of heat produced down there and then it accumulates and there’s nowhere to go.”
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NEW story in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/m...

MTA Is Hot On Finding Ways to Chill Subway Platforms

The transit agency looks to combat high temperatures in stations with the number of yearly heat waves projected to more than triple by the 2050s.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 15d

CITY TO RATS: 🏳️

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 15d

OH, RATS! Mayor Adams' big cheese in Hizzoner's war on rats exits City Hall post: sources
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Another @katiehonan.bsky.social 🌐 WORLD EXCLUSIVE 🌐 — check it out, check it out, check it out in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/r...

Mayor Adams’ ‘Rat Czar’ Quietly Exits City Hall’s Rodent Offensive

Hoopla greeted the 2023 appointment of the city’s first director of rodent mitigation, but Kathleen Corradi departed with a whimper.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 19d

September the 19th be with you.

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 19d

The MTA maps out more E. Harlem sites it needs to acquire via eminent domain before the 2nd Avenue Subway heads north to 125th

“Back in 2003, some lawyers came by here to say the train was coming this way. So, I guess it’s finally getting here.”

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/19/s...

MTA Moves to Seize More Property for New Subway Tunnels in East Harlem

The agency aims to use eminent domain to ensure it can proceed with the $7 billion extension of the Second Avenue Subway.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 21d

From 2022, a story in @thecity.nyc about what we called the “grimy gateway,” where one of those escalators worked just 30% of the time from April 2021 to March 2022.
www.thecity.nyc/2022/04/21/u...

Union Square Subway Entrance a Smelly Mess Despite Ritzy Private Ownership

The entrance on the southeast side of the square has one of the systems’ least reliable escalators and is an assault on the senses.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 21d

Two privately maintained escalators at 14th St-Union Square are out of service — in contrast to what the MTA app says.

LIVE LOOK!

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 23d

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 23d

POTTY TALK: Uber & Lyft drivers tell NYC City Council they're straining from lack of access to toilets

“I don’t have another option but to grab my cooler inside my car and open it up. I look in all directions and do what I need to do.”

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/15/b...

Drivers Beg for Relief Bill to Allow More Parking for Bathroom Breaks and Rest

For-hire drivers who work for companies like Uber and Lyft often struggle with urinary issues and have a hard time finding bathrooms during long shifts, advocates testified in the City Council.

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 26d

This made me look up my 2017 story on the maiden voyage of Lunchbox.

It was always fun shooting standups on a ferry! ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

Mayor Takes New Ferry For a Spin, Trumpets Launch of New Citywide Service

The mayor was on hand at Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday morning to christen the first boat of the upcoming citywide ferry service.

ny1.com

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 26d

⭐️ ⛴️ CELEB SIGHTING ⛴️ ⭐️

Lunchbox — the first of the @nycferry.bsky.social fleet — spotted at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan.

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