Fans on board a Redbird nostalgia train to Citi Field on Opening Day April 4.
Fans on board a Redbird nostalgia train to Citi Field on Opening Day April 4. ( Photo: MTA Photos via Flickr)

Mets fans got their own nostalgia train to Citi Field in the form of a 60-year-old Redbird subway car on Opening Day, departing Hudson Yards at noon on April 4. But they will have to wait until after the World Series before a #7 express train from Manhattan resumes operations.

Mets Fans Board Nostalgia Train for Opening Day but Learn No #7 Express Again This Season

05 Apr 2025 | 06:28
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East side, West side, everybody’s coming down, to meet the M-E-T-S Mets, of New York town.

The lyrics of the original 1962 New York Metropolitans (a.k.a The Mets) song, have changed a bit, but seemed era-appropriate for the equipment that the New York City Transit Museum had supplied on April 4, for the...

Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump Administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras.
Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump Administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman)

Hochul Pleads for More Fed Funds for MTA; DOT Pushes to End Congestion Pricing Tolls

It looks like a standoff.

Top elected Democratic leaders in New York in late March pleaded with the federal government for...

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02 Apr 2025 | 04:03
A day after a federal judge dismissed the criminal case against him, Eric Adams declared he is ditching the Democratic primary in June to run as an independent candidate in November. At a press conference, he urged all New Yorkers to read the book, “<i>Government Gangsters” </i>by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump.
A day after a federal judge dismissed the criminal case against him, Eric Adams declared he is ditching the Democratic primary in June to run as an independent candidate in November. At a press conference, he urged all New Yorkers to read the book, “Government Gangsters” by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office)

Adams Ditches Dems, Plans to Run as Independent after Judge Dismisses Criminal Case

After six weeks of deliberation, a federal district court judge on April 2 dismissed the five count criminal indictment filed...

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04 Apr 2025 | 02:37
A small force of 14 federal agents pursuing the billions ripped off from the US Government during the pandemic was shut down by DOGE on March 28. The agency had already recovered more than three times its annual budget and had nearly a 100 percent conviction rate against fraud perpetrators in federal court.
A small force of 14 federal agents pursuing the billions ripped off from the US Government during the pandemic was shut down by DOGE on March 28. The agency had already recovered more than three times its annual budget and had nearly a 100 percent conviction rate against fraud perpetrators in federal court. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons)

Agency That Successfully Prosecuted Pandemic Fraud Is Casualty of Trump’s Cuts

A little-known agency of the US Government was shuttered last week. It went largely unnoticed amidst the deluge of reports...

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