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MTA Bus Records Under Fire as Mamdani Budget Lands
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · 9 min
MTA and TWU clash over alleged falsified bus maintenance records, while Zohran Mamdani and the City Council lock in a $125.8 billion budget that expands housing vouchers and Fair Fares without growing NYPD headcount.
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MTA and TWU clash over alleged falsified bus maintenance records, while Zohran Mamdani and the City Council lock in a $125.8 billion budget that expands housing vouchers and Fair Fares without growing NYPD headcount.
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- 'Nobody worked these hours.' TWU accuses MTA of falsifying bus maintenance records — ABC7 NY
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- Mamdani Gets a Budget Deal With New Rental Voucher Funds | The City Reporter — NYC News — Katie Honan, Samantha Maldonado
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- Mamdani and City Council Agree to Expand ‘Fair Fares’ Half-Priced Transit Program — Streetsblog NYC
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- Uptown Greenway Bridge Repairs Enters Year 17 With No End in Sight — Streetsblog NYC
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- To Fight Overdoses, Naloxone Vending Machines Arrive on Staten Island — Healthbeat
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters . In the scrum of the Knicks ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan two weeks ago, an off-duty EMT volunteer spotted a stranger showing signs of a drug overdose. Acting fast, Simone Kelly found someone in the crowd who happened to be carrying naloxone, an over-the-counter…