A four alarm budget is engulfing the MTA

Thursday June 25, 2020 [Advertisement: ad-get-lit-with-all-of-it-book-club-june-30th-at-7-pm]( ADVERTISEMENT [The MTA Is Facing The Biggest Financial Crisis In Its History: “Everything Has To Be On The Table”]( [A person waits for a train at Grand Central-42 St on the 7 line.]( [Wage freezes, reductions in force, fare and toll increases, and service reductions may in the the MTA's future if the agency can't get help immediately.]( [Advertisement: ad-get-lit-with-all-of-it-book-club-june-30th-at-7-pm]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [Dogs greet each other another nose-to-nose while people gather on a street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York, during the coronavirus pandemic.]( [NYC On Track To Begin Phase 3 Of Reopening On July 6th]( "The data is telling us 'yes' right now," de Blasio said. [A screenshot from body camera footage of officers holding the man down.]( [NYPD Officer Who Put Man In Illegal Chokehold Now Charged With Strangulation]( Officer David Afanador was charged with strangulation and attempted aggravated strangulation [The boarded up Whitney Museum has a mural of Elmo in flames]( [Coronavirus Updates: CDC Says True Number Of U.S. Infections Is 10 Times Greater Than Reported]( The head of the CDC declined to answer questions about the warning made by an official in late February about the pandemic or why it took the agency so long to recommend face masks. [A photo of fireworks confiscated by the NYC Sheriff]( [Dozens Arrested In NYC For Illegal Fireworks, Guns, Alligator Carcasses]( The alligator carcasses were not included in the picture. [the empty Rose Reading Room at the NYPL's main brach]( [NYC's Three Library Systems To Reopen In July For Grab-And-Go Service]( Books you can hold in your hand will return in Phase 3. [A person holding a regular-size Cone of Bel-Fries with Kewpie May and Half-sour Pickles ($9.50)]( [New Belgium Fries Spot Opens On LES During Pandemic]( Served in handy cones and smothered in gooey sauces, Bel-Fries makes for a great street treat. [Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a VERO E6 cell (purple) exhibiting elongated cell projections and signs of apoptosis, after infection with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (pink), which were isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [Advertisement: ad-get-lit-with-all-of-it-book-club-june-30th-at-7-pm]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( New York Public Radio · 160 Varick Street · New York, NY 10013 · USA