A federal judge released the note, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated that Mr. Epstein wrote it.

Since congestion pricing was implemented in Manhattan, a study found a 2 percent increase in pollution in parts of the Bronx.

Rather than making city buses free for all riders, elected officials and transit advocates are pushing to expand a transit program for low-income New Yorkers.