Gov. Kathy Hochul backtracked and admitted she is having conversations with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s team about his socialist freebie bus plan — despite initially slamming the brakes on it. Hochul ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pumping the brakes on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's campaign promise to make city buses free. On Monday, the governor said she is not ready to move ...

We are glad that Gov. Hochul has now gotten on the bus along with MTA Chair Janno Lieber, Marc Molinaro, the head of the Federal Transit Administration, and serious transit advocates who all agree ...

Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has promised to make New York City cheaper—freezing the rent, creating city-run grocery stores to fuel competition, and making buses free. These are ambitious ...

New York City, take this as a warning: The “free bus” program that Zohran Mamdani has made a key part of his platform in his campaign for mayor is a proven failure. We have seen it with our own eyes ...

The reporters interviewed transit and campaign officials, transportation planners and bus riders, and rode up and down Flatbush Avenue using a stopwatch. Oct. 26, 2025 Some of the slowest buses in ...

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate running for New York City mayor, has proposed free public buses as part of his campaign. It's become a major part of his platform, as he and his ...

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Strike action has been cancelled following a significant pay victory. Strikes by around 500 bus drivers in Birkenhead, Chorley and Preston have been called off after the workers secured a “huge pay ...

Planned strikes by bus drivers in Merseyside and Lancashire have been called off after a pay agreement was reached. About 500 Stagecoach staff in Birkenhead, Chorley and Preston were due to stage two ...

An SUV was filmed smashing into a getaway car during a robbery in Auckland. In video filmed yesterday afternoon in Birkenhead, masked offenders ran from a store in the Highbury centre clutching bags ...