NYC NOW - Morning Headlines: MTA Chair Blames Amtrak for Bronx Station Delays, Woman Killed in E Bike Crash Near Brooklyn Navy Yard, and NHL Season Begins

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

MTA Chair Janno Lieber is accusing Amtrak of delaying a major rail expansion that would add four Metro North stations in the East Bronx and bring service to Penn Station for the first time. Meanwhile, police say a 60-year-old woman was killed after two men riding the same e-bike crashed into her near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Also, the Rangers, Islanders, and Devils are all set to open their new hockey seasons this week.

Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WMYC. It's Tuesday, October 7th. Here's your morning headlines from Michael Hill. MTA chair, Geno Lieber's frustration with Amtrak is boiling over. He's blaming the National Railroad for delaying work to add four new Metro North stations in the eastern Bronx. The project would fill in one of the city's major transit deserts. It'll also send Metro North trains to Penn Station for the first time,

but much of the project runs along tracks Amtrak owns, and Labor says Amtrak's workers keep causing delays because they don't show up for work. Amtrak slows down on its own. They slow us down every day of the week by not giving outages, which were promised in contracts, their people don't show up, we can't get work done, and the people in Co-op City are waiting for a goddamn train. Amtrak did not immediately comment the MTF. The case estimated completion date for the project already has been pushed back multiple times, meaning delayed.

Police say a 60-year-a-woman is dead after two men riding on the same e-bike crashed into her near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. WNIC's Liam Quigley has more. NYPD officials say the crash happened on Flushing Avenue, right where pedestrians and cyclists share space on the sidewalk next to a bus stop. The men were riding an e-bike that can reach around 30 miles an hour, far higher than, what's legally allowed in the city. Juan Santana, who lives in the area, says some e-bikes move too quickly along the path. It's too fast.

You see, that one, 40, 50 miles. It's so loud. It's similar of the car. The men who are riding the e-bike were taken to the hospital in stable condition. The NYPD says the incident is still under investigation, but so far no arrest has been reported. The puck drops on a new hockey season tonight.

The New York Rangers host the rival Pittsburgh Penguins on Madison Square Garden Ice to get things going. The two teams face off at 8 tonight as new Rangers coach Mike Sullivan faces off against his old team. The blue shirts also celebrate their centennial season this year. Meanwhile, the New York Islanders will also open their season against Pittsburgh. They'll be on Thursday night on the road in the Steel City. And the New Jersey Devils open Thursday night as well on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes. 66 and Parkley,

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