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The United States Department of Transportation has threatened to withhold up to 25 percent of federal transit funding from New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) over safety risks to its maintenance workers.

The NYPD says it happened around 11 p.m. Aug. 6 at Miller Avenue and New Lots Avenue. Investigators say the woman walked up to the 48-year-old driver and punched him in the face before running away.

Service on the 4, 5, and 6 trains south of Grand Central will be suspended for two weekends in August due to concrete replacement work as part of infrastructure improvements.

Outages like the ones at West 4th Street paralyzed multiple subway lines, causing hours-long delays. Aging infrastructure and extreme heat are an ongoing challenge.

Police are searching for a woman who broke into an empty subway train and took it for a joyride in Queens on Thursday around 4:30 a.m.

The MTA has brought back its popular Summer Saturday program allowing monthly pass holders to travel anywhere within their respective rail network at no extra charge.

The MTA announced the completion of two new elevators at the Bay Ridge-95th Street subway station, making it ADA-accessible for all commuters for the first time.

MTA's experimental 'rush' bus routes aim to improve connectivity and speed for Queens residents by expediting trips from outskirts to transit hubs.

"We have the ability to do things with fares that are really not easy to do now, one of the things we're looking forward to."

This is a new system for us," said Jamie Torres-Springer, president of MTA Construction and Development. "It's a widely accepted method of preventing steel cable corrosion around the world."