A half-dozen buildings on Second Avenue will house ventilation equipment, disperse smoke and allow for evacuation from subway tunnels in emergencies.

A man obsessed with trains and buses adds to his record of transit-related arrests.

A man obsessed with trains and buses adds to his record of transit-related arrests.

The office of state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, has apparently dug up “suspicious transactions and practices” in many cases already reviewed.

The Transport Workers Union, denied an injunction to stop a city plan to replace discontinued bus routes with privately run commuter vans, now wants its laid-off bus drivers to operate them.

As with the advertisement opposing an Islamic community center near ground zero, the agency has tried to keep provocative notices out of the subways and buses only to have to let them appear.

As with the advertisement opposing an Islamic community center near ground zero, the agency has tried to keep provocative notices out of the subways and buses only to have to let them appear.

As with the advertisement opposing an Islamic community center near ground zero, the agency has tried to keep provocative notices out of the subways and buses only to have to let them appear.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will allow the display of an advertisement juxtaposing images of a plane, a flaming World Trade Center and a proposed Islamic Center.

The transit agency’s board approved hearings on its proposals, which would increase the burden on customers as the state struggles with its own finances.