MTA cancels beloved subway announcement program for kids with autism, leaving families stunned: ‘A real slap in the face’ By . Carl Campanile. Published Feb. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET.

The MTA has canceled a popular program that allows students with autism to record public announcements to be played throughout the subway system — stunning Big Apple parents and their kids alike.

Maria Farley, 47, Ian Aquino, 9, and his mother Susana Montes, 46, at the Transit Museum in Brooklyn. Subway Sleuths allows Maria Farley’s son Alastair, 9, to express himself more.

Become a paid member to listen to this article. Since the 1980s the MTA Arts & Design Program has brought art underground by installing over 300 works of art throughout New York City’s subway ...

What: This piece dating back to 1984-1986, was the first commission by the MTA to be installed in the subway system.It serves as a memorial to the Harlem community of the 1980s. Look for a pyramid ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Spotlight The tap dancer Ja’Bowen brings his art underground, where kids learn steps, commuters dance along and his energizing performances are bursts of joy ...