It's literally only for people who live in the NY broadcast area, don't want cable, but do want to watch Yankees games.

Because currently those people have essentially no other options.

I haven't heard anyone reference Voltron in a long time!

Aren't there already all sorts of gigantic extra bonus penalties for assaulting an MTA employee?

I got an alert saying he was last seen on Laburnum Avenue in Queens.

Seems like a horrible place to work so I don’t blame them lol

Lol they were still in the booth up at 181.

IIRC, station agents were required to stay in the booth at all times because they would get lured out and have their booths robbed of all the tokens and cash. In the old days, robbers would set fire to the booths to force the clerks out for the robbery.

With both OMNY and Metrocard, I think particularly more as we've moved cashless with OMNY, there's nothing really of value in the token booths anymore.

Oh definitely but in the framework of the article it doesn't mean you can't find a place to live in NY, just that it gets you a lot less. For those that make much less it's much harder to get by much less get ahead.

Also: helicopter parents, the internet, video games, etc.

Thats for Neponsit Nursing Home not Riis Park

I read the article, not really sure what to say, don't threaten people with a knife outside a court?

Always love it when this sub wants to tear down Village, Chelsea and UES townhouses.

Even though I hate LPC, I’m somewhat glad they’re standing firmly in the way.

Anecdotally I've already seen them out cleaning the stations a lot more in recent weeks so 🤷

It’s almost back to pre pandemic levels

Last time I needed them, both the OMNY readers and Metrocard machines were broken, and the guy basically shrugged and told basically said "Sucks to be You." I also remember another time when the metrocard machine took me money, then didn't put it on the card, and the lady at the booth wouldn't let me in, I ended up having to walk home.

So maybe some subset of them do what you claim they do, but as someone who "actually takes the train", many of them just sit there and shrug when you actually need help.

Don't most people just carry their bikes over the turnstiles? I always have.

This seems like such a bad idea for so many reasons. So, now, instead of having a fixed place I KNOW an agent will be I have to literally hunt down a roaming human, potentially in a station I’m not familiar with. Time wasting? Check. Oh, I found the agent! Now I have to hope they really are an agent and not some psycho dressed as one that wants to stab me. Threat to my safety? Check. On their end, they must now wade through the terrifying masses that are the nyc commuters. It’s a goddamn jungle full of crazies who HATE people in uniform. Threat to their safety, check.

Don't look now, but it's being torn down. There was a big crane there last week.

Maybe not all stations, but the Bedford stop has a handicap door open button inside the booth that the (awesome) clerk uses for people coming off the train. What about things like that?

Yea I struggled with strollers for years without any help from booth workers at any station. Hell, random strangers have been more helpful than employees in the booth!

People who only watch sports on TV and live in the area that is blacked out through MLB.TV. It is $75 cheaper than the only other streaming option in Direct TV. Most people don't want to do illegal streams each game.

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I love TGTG, just wish more shops supported it.

Call it Deez Ferry

Anyone know where is a good place to view the NYC firework show?