{"id":197778,"date":"2026-04-15T07:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197778\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:38:05","slug":"queens-lawmaker-urges-mta-to-equip-more-7-train-stations-with-elevators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197778\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens lawmaker urges MTA to equip more 7 train stations with elevators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A Queens state lawmaker on Tuesday urged the MTA to make more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=7+train\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">7 train<\/a> stations running through the borough more accessible to all residents.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Member Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (D-Queens), as part of her campaign to unseat state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens), called on the transit agency to install elevators at four 7 train stations that are currently inaccessible to riders who use wheelchairs or face other mobility challenges. She named 82 St-Jackson Heights, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 103 St-Corona Plaza, and 111 St as the stations in need of elevators.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/nyc-transit\/queens-lawmaker-mta-more-7-train-elevators\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at amNY &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSeeking a lift: Queens lawmaker urges MTA to equip more 7 train stations with elevators &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; A Queens state lawmaker on Tuesday urged the MTA to make more 7 train stations running through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10519,78622,40981,9262,5894,10400,78623,9,24,63,1210,122,124,123,78624,78625],"class_list":{"0":"post-197778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-7-train","9":"tag-82-st-jackson-heights","10":"tag-assembly-member-jessica-gonzalez-rojas","11":"tag-corona","12":"tag-council-member-shekar-krishnan","13":"tag-jackson-heights","14":"tag-mta-capital-plan-2025-2029","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nyc-transit","19":"tag-queens","20":"tag-queens-headlines","21":"tag-queens-news","22":"tag-state-senator-jessica-ramos","23":"tag-stephanie-rodriguez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}