This last week saw the opening of the first new concourse and gates at Delta Air Lines' new Terminal C, part of an $8 billion transformation of LaGuardia Airport. And funding has been approved for the AirTrain LGA, which will connect the airport with a new station at Willets Point linked to enhanced Long Island Railroad service to and from New York City

Despite spending about $36 million to reduce the subway homeless population, the homeless situation in the subways has grown significantly worse since 2013, according to an OSC audit released earlier this month, in part because the New York City Department of Homeless Services has neglected to monitor a non-profit that has repeatedly failed to conduct the outreach it was hired for.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that nearly 300 additional electronic message boards and traffic cameras have been installed along major traffic corridors in New York state. The new highway cameras and Variable Message Signs are part of the governor's initiative “to improve communication with the traveling public, enhance safety and promote greater situational awareness among motorists and traffic system managers.”

A law signed at the end of the 2019 legislative session by Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes a requirement that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board approve a reorganization plan for New York City’s subway systems by the end of this month, while advocacy groups argue that there needs to be more transparency to the process.

New York Congressmen Thomas Suozzi and Peter King have published a piece in The Hill making the case for federal support for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York’s struggling public transit system.

The 2021 Executive Budget would commit $175 billion to a five-year infrastructure plan investing in transportation, green energy, economic development, schools, affordable housing and more — but not everyone agrees with the governor’s math or how the funds would be appropriated.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an expected package of limo safety legislation this week, putting into place new reforms and safety standards for the limousine industry after similar proposed measures stalled last year.

Ten percent of bridges in New York state are rated in poor or structurally deficient condition, according to a new report.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority board approved a controversial and hastily wrought reorganization plan on Wednesday that could cut as many as 2,700 jobs and save MTA as much as $530 million annually over the next three years — but the speed with which it was developed, limited public input, the fact that it’s not exactly complete and fears that planned consolidation will wrest control from popular NYC Transit President Andy Byford and other MTA division heads has many concerned.

After a White House meeting between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump ended in impasse, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Matthew Albence came to the Capital Region to appeal to state lawmakers to reverse a new law that has caused the federal government to ban New York residents from its Trusted Traveler program.