Bronx grandmother wins $16 million in lawsuit against MTA for subway slip

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio declared the MTA to be the "eighth wonder of the world" today.

A slip on the subway stairs has resulted in a $16 million victory for a Bronx woman. A Brooklyn jury awarded Maria Alcantara the whopping sum last week, but it came at a terrible cost — the once-active grandmother is so brain-damaged she is unable to 

The unions representing most Long Island Rail Road workers sent a letter to MTA managers Tuesday requesting that both sides — at an impasse over wages and other issues — schedule negotiations to stave off a strike that could come as early as next month.

Unless Cuomo's MTA demonstrates more flexibility and urgency in its dealings with a coalition of LIRR unions, and gets off its high horse a little bit, railroad commuters will endure the first strike since the governor's father was in office. There may

Unless Cuomo's MTA demonstrates more flexibility and urgency in its dealings with a coalition of LIRR unions, and gets off its high horse a little bit, railroad commuters will endure the first strike since the governor's father was in office. There may