Jul. 1, 2024 By Christian Murray The Port Authority is launching a summer sale on AirTrain tickets to ease vehicle congestion at JFK Airport amid extensive construction. From July 1 through Labor Day, the AirTrain fare will be reduced to half price, lowering the cost to $4.50 for riders entering or exiting at Howard Beach…
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Southeast Queens man indicted in 2021 fatal hit-and-run near JFK Airport: NYPD
Jun. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry
A St. Albans man surrendered himself at the 111th Precinct in Bayside on Tuesday morning after he was indicted by a Queens grand jury in a fatal hit-and-run near JFK Airport nearly three years ago.
Texas man busted for bringing loaded gun to JFK Airport
Jun. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson A Texas man was arrested at JFK Airport for having a loaded firearm among his carry-on items on Friday, June 21. Police arrested the man at the major transportation hub in Jamaica after Transportation Security Administration Officers (TSA) found the loaded 9mm gun as he entered a security checkpoint….
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Airport service workers rally at NY and NJ airports, demand higher wages and better benefits
Jun. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson More than 1,000 airport service workers from JFK and LaGuardia airports, represented by the 32BJ SEIU union, rallied at noon earlier today at JFK’s Terminal 8. The workers are demanding higher wages and improved health and leave benefits from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. At…
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New Jersey man busted for threatening to shoot up JFK Airport in chilling video to estranged wife: DA
May. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry
A New Jersey man is criminally charged with making terroristic threats and related crimes after he sent a chilling video to his estranged wife in which a firearm is visible as he made a menacing statement that he was going to shoot up JFK Airport, where she had just landed on Tuesday morning .
Port Authority awards record $2.3 Billion in contracts to MWBEs in JFK Airport transformation
Apr. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
The Port Authority announced on Monday a historic milestone in the ongoing $19 billion transformation of JFK International Airport, where a record $2.3 billion in contracts have been awarded to Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE).
JFK taxi dispatchers charged in bribery scheme for line-cutting privileges: DA
Apr. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
Nine taxi dispatchers at JFK Airport were arraigned Monday in Queens Criminal Court on bribery charges for taking cash in exchange for letting drivers pick up passengers at terminals without waiting in line with fellow cabbies in chronically long lines at the central taxi dispatch holding lot.
Manhattan man killed by hit-and-run driver near JFK Airport on Sunday: NYPD
Apr. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Manhattan man was killed by a hit-and-run truck driver near JFK Airport on Sunday afternoon.
MTA debuts new turnstiles at Jamaica subway station designed to increase accessibility, hinder fare evasion
Dec. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry The MTA announced on Dec. 4 the installation of the first-ever wide-aisle fare gates and a new customer service center at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport subway station in Jamaica. The first full replacement of traditional turnstiles in the subway system will improve accessibility for riders with wheelchairs, strollers…
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Port Authority agreement reached to expand truck parking at JFK Airport, bringing relief to southeast Queens streets
Nov. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Southeast Queens residents have complained of illegal truck parking around JFK Airport for years, a quality-of-life issue that was exasperated during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Nov. 21, the Port Authority Board of Governors approved a lease supplement with JFK AP LLC, the operator of a truck parking, fueling and…
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