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Community Board 8 land use chair Charles Moerdler no longer is a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, a post he held since 2010. The revelation comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo tapped Patrick Foye as MTA chair, replacing acting chair Fernando Ferrer, and announced four new board members.

Cuomo’s MTA revamp nudges Moerdler off transit board

Charles Moerdler’s official days fighting for Bronx commuters’ transit needs have come to an end. He’s no longer on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. more

By ZAK KOSTRO | 4/14/19

Commuters walk toward Metro-North trains in Grand Central Terminal. Metro-North currently runs along the western edge of the Bronx, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo helped broker a deal with Amtrak to expand to the eastern side of the borough.

Bringing commuter rail to the rest of the Bronx

Trekking to the eastern part of the borough could soon be a whole lot easier, and riders have a couple of Riverdale powerbrokers to thank for it. more

By ZAK KOSTRO | 2/10/19

Robert Trick no longer lives in Riverdale, but that's not stopping him from continuing to be a reader of The Riverdale Press. Trick, 95, lives in New Rochelle, but was a lifelong Riverdale resident. And he was there for the first-ever edition of The Press in 1950, picking up bundles of the paper from founder David Stein's apartment at 3900 Greystone Ave., and taking them to the post office at 149th Street.

Diaz to Albany: Give MTA back to NYC

Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., wants the battle between the state and city over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to end. And the only way to do that, he says, is to revert control of the MTA back to New York City. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 2/3/19

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