2017 New York City Subway transit crisis

On June 27, 2017, 39 people were injured when the train derails at 100th Street, because the emergency brakes were activated after the train hit a temporarily secured piece of replacement rail. The next day, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive declaring a state of emergency in the subway system. The state of emergency has also been arisen after several track fires and overcrowding incidents. As part of the order, he ordered Joe Lhota to come up with the reorganisation plan within 30 days. A day later, the MTA officially announced the