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With Long Island Rail Road workers out on strike, Monday morning rush hour will be a test of the MTA’s contingency plans — and a test of commuters’ patience and nerve.
Officials urged affected New Yorkers to work from home, but many of the LIRR’s 300,000 riders will still be schlepping into work.
Starting early Monday, the MTA will operate free weekday shuttle buses during peak hours between the LIRR’s Huntington and Ronkonkoma stations and the F line’s Jamaica-179 Street terminal.
Shuttles will also run between the Bay Shore, Hempstead Lake State Park, Hicksville and Mineola stations and the Howard Beach-JFK Airport stop on the A line.
Service is scheduled to run between 4:30 to 9 a.m. for Manhattan-bound service and from 3 to 7 p.m. to Long Island.
As of Sunday, the MTA and five unions don’t appear close to a deal. At a briefing that morning, Gov. Kathy Hochul urged the two sides to get back to the negotiating table.
A spokesperson for the unions later said that the National Mediation Board had summoned all parties to a meeting in Manhattan in order to resume bargaining.
In Queens, no Manhattan-bound 7 trains between 69 St. and Rawson St. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, May 18.
By the way…
This week kicks off the summer season of Free Shakespeare in the Park with the first preview of Romeo & Juliet, also marking the grand reopening of the renovated Delacorte Theater. Get tickets at in-person distributions or the official digital lottery.
Our Other Top Stories
Rep. Nydia Velázquez has used her decades in Congress to represent New York’s 7th district — and also Puerto Rico, her birthplace. In the race to succeed her, Puerto Rico is still on stage, as Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is set to release a six-page policy platform on Puerto Rican issues, shaped by Velázquez herself. His rivals, Councilmember Julie Won and Assemblymember Claire Valdez, have also highlighted Puerto Rican issues.
Sade Lythcott, the CEO of the National Black Theatre, the longest continually-run black theater in New York, visits the Lit NYC podcast. Listen here to a wide-ranging conversation about the theater that her mother, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, founded in 1968, how Lythcott found her way back to it after charting a different path, the new building the theater is putting up and much more.
Former cop and Adams ally Tim Pearson is fighting for some crumbs, in the form of at least $760,000 in legal bills he racked up defending himself against sexual harassment and retaliation charges. Under Adams, the city agreed to foot the costs. Under Mayor Mamdani, it reversed course, leading Pearson’s lawyer to sue to keep the city on the hook.
The MTA’s hopes of offering limited Metro-North service at new stations in the East Bronx as soon as next year appear to be dwindling, officials confirmed Friday.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Monday, May 18: The annual Sing for Hope Pianos program places artist-decorated pianos in public spaces with a kickoff event that takes over Fosun Plaza at 28 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan with performances by Broadway’s Sonya Balsara and Rodney Ingram from Aladdin, Ray Angry of the Roots, the Marching Cobras and more. Free, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, May 18: The Columbia University School of the Arts’ musical happy hour returns for a new season of hour-long concerts where the audience is permitted to sit onstage with the performers and enjoy a free drink. Grammy-winning quintet Imani Winds presents a program spotlighting three composers shaped by French culture, jazz and folk traditions. Free, at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 19: The American Symphony Orchestra performs a musician-curated program of Louis Armstrong music, curated by longtime American Symphony Orchestra member Louis Bruno. Free, 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
THE KICKER: The Roosevelt Island Tramway opened 50 years ago today, giving residents a direct mass transit link to the city instead of having to ride the bus over a bridge to Astoria, then back across the Queensborough Bridge to reach Manhattan.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Monday.
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