Samantha Liebman
@samanthaliebman.bsky.social
Transit reporter: NY1. Formerly 1010WINS, News 12 NJ, Fox News Radio. NYC native. News tip: samantha.liebman@charter.com. I also sing and raise money at InnerCircleShow.com. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/on-air/2023/11/09/samantha-liebman?cid=app_share
Here’s the threatening letter:
October 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Here’s the threatening letter:
I haven’t been in Grand Central Madison at rush hour until today and IMO it’s wild that retailers haven’t opened here yet. It’s bustling. Per @mta.info 70k commuters each weekday. And Tracks is now open and it’s already busy. MTA is negotiating 5 leases currently.
September 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I haven’t been in Grand Central Madison at rush hour until today and IMO it’s wild that retailers haven’t opened here yet. It’s bustling. Per @mta.info 70k commuters each weekday. And Tracks is now open and it’s already busy. MTA is negotiating 5 leases currently.
2 things wrong here with statement. He forgot he just raised Fair Fares eligibility to 150% of the FPL (council & advocates wanted 200% bc people commuting to a minimum wage job can’t qualify at this level). Fares 26% of the @mta.info operating budget, congestion pricing for capital plan.
July 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
2 things wrong here with statement. He forgot he just raised Fair Fares eligibility to 150% of the FPL (council & advocates wanted 200% bc people commuting to a minimum wage job can’t qualify at this level). Fares 26% of the @mta.info operating budget, congestion pricing for capital plan.
Oh by the way, amid all the mayoral campaign transit proposals, two more congestion pricing lawsuits against the @mta.info were dismissed. #traffic #transit #congestionpricing
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Oh by the way, amid all the mayoral campaign transit proposals, two more congestion pricing lawsuits against the @mta.info were dismissed. #traffic #transit #congestionpricing
#Breaking: Judge rules NYC DOT @mayor.nyc.gov can modify Bedford Ave Bike lane from Willoughby to Flushing saying city did not act arbitrarily or capriciously nor did it have to give notice under statute. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social #bike #transit #traffic #cycling @transalt.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Breaking: Judge rules NYC DOT @mayor.nyc.gov can modify Bedford Ave Bike lane from Willoughby to Flushing saying city did not act arbitrarily or capriciously nor did it have to give notice under statute. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social #bike #transit #traffic #cycling @transalt.org
May 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Judge Lewis Liman dismisses all the NYC federal cases fighting #congestionpricing. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social some can amend their suits.
April 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Judge Lewis Liman dismisses all the NYC federal cases fighting #congestionpricing. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social some can amend their suits.
Hours after Mayor Eric Adams had charges dismissed, I served him with an invitation to @theinnercircleshow.bsky.social. He’ll be going on trial on our stage this weekend, the sentence already handed down is having to sit and watch it!
April 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hours after Mayor Eric Adams had charges dismissed, I served him with an invitation to @theinnercircleshow.bsky.social. He’ll be going on trial on our stage this weekend, the sentence already handed down is having to sit and watch it!
@mta.info out with Feb congestion pricing revenue and it’s better than projected: $51.9 million gross, $2.4 million better than projected, $11.5 expenses $5 mil less than expected.
March 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@mta.info out with Feb congestion pricing revenue and it’s better than projected: $51.9 million gross, $2.4 million better than projected, $11.5 expenses $5 mil less than expected.
Asked if he had a response to all his fellow mayoral candidates criticizing his handling of the pandemic, specifically his order regarding nursing homes, Andrew Cuomo deflected. He also said he did 2 mayoral forums that day. His campaign clarified they were “screeners.”
March 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Asked if he had a response to all his fellow mayoral candidates criticizing his handling of the pandemic, specifically his order regarding nursing homes, Andrew Cuomo deflected. He also said he did 2 mayoral forums that day. His campaign clarified they were “screeners.”
Bye bye #MetroCard. @mta.info announces sales of the iconic card will end at the end of the year. You can still use what’s left on card you have but then riders must switch to OMNY.
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Bye bye #MetroCard. @mta.info announces sales of the iconic card will end at the end of the year. You can still use what’s left on card you have but then riders must switch to OMNY.
This was not on my bingo card today watching @mta.info chair Janno Lieber dancing to promote using LIRR to watch St. John’s in the Big East Tournament.
March 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This was not on my bingo card today watching @mta.info chair Janno Lieber dancing to promote using LIRR to watch St. John’s in the Big East Tournament.
Enjoyed moderating the Transporting New York into the Future panel at the @cityandstateny.bsky.social Most Significant Infrastructure Projects Summit last week. I certainly learned a lot and I hope our audience did too!
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Enjoyed moderating the Transporting New York into the Future panel at the @cityandstateny.bsky.social Most Significant Infrastructure Projects Summit last week. I certainly learned a lot and I hope our audience did too!
Looks like the Hempstead lawsuit against congestion pricing may have one nail in its coffin. Its strategy may have been to remove its case from federal court & get in front of a state judge whose father is Nassau GOP chair. Now case may face a less friendly judge in NY County.
January 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Looks like the Hempstead lawsuit against congestion pricing may have one nail in its coffin. Its strategy may have been to remove its case from federal court & get in front of a state judge whose father is Nassau GOP chair. Now case may face a less friendly judge in NY County.
And 4:00pm
Deteriorating, congestion pricing frying my brain… and I had one more hit to go….
Deteriorating, congestion pricing frying my brain… and I had one more hit to go….
January 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And 4:00pm
Deteriorating, congestion pricing frying my brain… and I had one more hit to go….
Deteriorating, congestion pricing frying my brain… and I had one more hit to go….
Noon in studio more congestion pricing…
January 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Noon in studio more congestion pricing…
Back to what the expected $15 bill (bonded against toll revenue) will bring at 8:30am.
January 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Back to what the expected $15 bill (bonded against toll revenue) will bring at 8:30am.
Congestion Pricing legal challenges at 7:00am
January 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Congestion Pricing legal challenges at 7:00am
My long long congestion pricing day…. 6:30am
January 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My long long congestion pricing day…. 6:30am
Apparently a video court conference w/ Judge Gordon in the NJ Congestion Pricing case said that tolls could go forward while the feds came back with their answers to his mitigation concerns. NJ has filed for a TRO & preliminary injunction—only 3 days to show cause.
January 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Apparently a video court conference w/ Judge Gordon in the NJ Congestion Pricing case said that tolls could go forward while the feds came back with their answers to his mitigation concerns. NJ has filed for a TRO & preliminary injunction—only 3 days to show cause.
Playing tourist with my kids aboard the Michael H. Ollis today.
December 31, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Playing tourist with my kids aboard the Michael H. Ollis today.
Playing tourist with my kids aboard the Michael H. Ollis today.
December 31, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Playing tourist with my kids aboard the Michael H. Ollis today.
After reading the whole 72 page decision in the NJ congestion pricing case (I was out to dinner with my daughter and her two friends when it dropped) pages 45-53 is the only time the judge sides with the plaintiffs and remands the mitigation part back to @usdotfhwa.bsky.social (1/)
December 31, 2024 at 5:46 AM
After reading the whole 72 page decision in the NJ congestion pricing case (I was out to dinner with my daughter and her two friends when it dropped) pages 45-53 is the only time the judge sides with the plaintiffs and remands the mitigation part back to @usdotfhwa.bsky.social (1/)