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PATH trains evacuated at WTC after bomb scare
PATH trains in and out of the World Trade Center in Manhattan were halted and the station evacuated for nearly two hours Sunday after a bomb-sniffing dog detected possible explosives...
Overlooked Bayonne, NJ, finally gets its building boom
When Jason Tsay and Michael Suchocki left artsy Chelsea for sleepy Bayonne, they thought the New Jersey city was on the cusp of a real estate renaissance. Turns out they...
Penn Station is hell and they won't even hint at an escape
In the classic 1981 film “Escape From New York,” Manhattan circa 1997 has been turned into a giant federal prison with all exit routes blocked. Anyone relying on Penn Station...
Outgoing Port Authority exec to cash in with double-dip pension
The outgoing head of the Port Authority is set to receive a retirement benefit reserved for just him and about 50 other execs at the scandal-scarred agency — a double-dip...
Port Authority blocks Twitter users who complain about delays
The petty Port Authority, plagued by reports of sleeping mechanics and corrupt cops, once aimed to silence its true enemies — Twitter users. The agency blocked 99 Twitter accounts with...
Port Authority cops 'shirking duties' probed as federal crime
Port Authority police officers accused of “shirking duties” while on patrol may have committed a federal crime, officials told The Post. And in the latest development since 44 PATH cops...
Hoboken train crash victim's husband sues NJ Transit
The family of the woman killed in the Hoboken train crash is suing NJ Transit, saying the agency failed to properly screen the engineer at the controls for potential medical...
MIA Port Authority cops are a hole in our anti-terror defense
Last week brought fresh proof of problems at the Port Authority Police Department — potentially deadly problems. As The Post reported, 44 PAPD officers stand accused of skipping out on...
Port Authority cops accused of abandoning patrol posts
Is anyone awake at the Port Authority? Just two weeks after The Post exposed how the agency’s maintenance workers routinely snooze on the job, nearly four dozen of its cops...
PATH commuters are furious employees get paid to nap
City straphangers were outraged to learn Sunday that PATH workers are getting paid big bucks to sleep on the job as fares continue to rise. “The tolls, the fares, everything...
Port Authority employees get paid overtime to nap on the job
PATH workers are snoozing away huge chunks of their regular shifts, using nap time to rack up big overtime pay, The Post has learned. “Everybody sleeps,” an insider said. “Guys...
Train engineer in deadly Hoboken crash had sleep apnea
The engineer of a New Jersey commuter train that barreled into a Hoboken rail station, killing one and injured more than 100, suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea, it was revealed...
NJ Transit knew train had faulty brakes before deadly crash
The New Jersey Transit train that plowed into the Hoboken Terminal in September — killing one woman and injuring scores of people — was found to have faulty brakes just...
Man sues passenger for pushing him onto train tracks
A New Jersey man is delivering a $5 million jolt to the person accused of shoving him onto the tracks at a PATH train station. Julian Villafane Jr., 22, is...
Hoboken crash could've been prevented by GPS device
The New Jersey commuter train that smashed into the Hoboken station Thursday wasn’t equipped with a GPS-based safety technology that could have prevented the disaster. The locomotive lacked positive train...
This young mom was killed in the Hoboken train crash
A 34-year-old Hoboken mother is the sole fatality in Thursday's New Jersey Transit train crash, her heartbroken mother confirmed to The Post the same day. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon had...
Inside the Hoboken train crash horror
Something was wrong, Jaime Weatherhead-Saul realized in the seconds before the crash. Usually, his New Jersey Transit train would slow as it passed through the last tunnel before Hoboken —...
What NJ commuters need to know after deadly train crash
PATH service will resume at the Hoboken station Thursday afternoon will full service up and running by the evening, said NJ Transit commissioner Richard Hammer. "The PATH portion of the...
Security officer stops assault via platform loudspeaker
A woman was saved from a predawn sex assault on the Christopher Street PATH platform Sunday when a security officer saw it unfold on a surveillance camera — and demanded...
Passage between the biggest boondoggles in mass transit history finally opens
After a nearly $6 billion, 10-year courtship, the MTA’s doughnut-domed Fulton Center and the Port Authority’s stegosaurus-like Oculus finally hooked up this week. The biggest boondoggles in mass transit history...