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New York Post
16-05-2025
- New York Post
Exclusive enclave near NYC sparks fury over ‘extortionate' new beach pass prices for summer
No, Deal! Nothing like a beach day that drains your wallet — before you even hit the sand. The Borough of Deal, a desirable Jersey Shore destination known for golden beaches and coastal charm, has tourists and locals alike fuming over the sky-high cost of a seasonal beach pass. Advertisement 4 Beach bummer: Deal's $200 summer pass has sun-seekers crying 'extortion' — especially with Asbury Park and Belmar (above) charging just $70 and $80. Jin – The new price of $200, which kicks in for the summer of 2025, has been dubbed 'extortionate' by beachgoers — who say the towel tariff is way out of line. To put it in perspective, nearby Asbury Park and Belmar charge just $70 and $80 for their seasonal passes, respectively — a downright bargain compared to Deal's steep fee. Advertisement Bayhead, another popular spot, charges $60 for a half-season badge and $110 for the full summer. Last year, Deal, an exclusive oceanfront enclave ranked among the country's most affluent communities, didn't even offer seasonal passes — instead charging beachgoers a relatively modest $10 to visit Monday through Thursday and $12 on weekends. This year, those daily rates are up too, rising to $12 on weekdays and $15 on weekends. Meanwhile, kids 11 and under can still splash around for free. 4 The Borough of Deal (above) just slapped sunbathers with whopping $200 beach pass — and many on Reddit are fuming. vin – Advertisement But some say the new pass price feels like a slap in the face, especially since most beaches across the U.S. don't cost a dime to enjoy. While New Jersey and other Northeast states has normalized charging for beach access — ostensibly to help fund lifeguards, maintenance, and crowd control — this particular price-hike has sparked an unusual amount of outrage online. One irate Redditor didn't mince words, as reported by The Daily Mail, writing, 'NJ residents shouldn't have to buy tags. No one really should have to. Without beachgoers, they have no economy.' 4 Last summer, Deal (above) ditched seasonal passes, hitting beachgoers with $10 weekday fees and $12 for weekends instead. Jin – Advertisement Another chimed in, agreeing that locals are being taken for a ride: 'If you are paying taxes in New Jersey, you should not have to pay to use the beaches.' The timing couldn't be worse, as Memorial Day — the official start of beach season — is just around the corner on May 26. As Deal's newly priced passes go on sale, many are left wondering whether the iconic summer escape is becoming a luxury they just can't afford. 4 Bad timing: With Memorial Day just around the corner, Deal's sky-high beach pass prices have sun-seekers wondering if their favorite summer spot is now too rich for their blood. John McAdorey – While some defend the fees as necessary to keep beaches safe and well-maintained, many apparently can't help but feel squeezed by the rising costs. And as Deal's beaches fill up with those willing to pay the premium, plenty of Jersey Shore fans may be heading to cheaper sands this summer — or voicing their frustration online.
New York Post
12-05-2025
- General
- New York Post
Newark air traffic crisis gets worse with one controller to oversee up to 180 takeoffs and landings
The safety nightmare continues at Newark Liberty International Airport, where all air traffic control will be manned by just one fully qualified person during its busiest time tonight, The Post can exclusively reveal. One air traffic controller (ATC) and a trainee will operate every flight in and out of Newark between 6.30pm-9.30pm — despite 15 staffers being the standard requirement for a shift. A New York-based ATC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described the situation as 'pure insanity' and warned that the schedule shows the control tower for the airport will operate 'at bare bones' while between 168 and 180 planes are scheduled to take off and land. Advertisement 4 Newark Airport in New Jersey has a huge shortage of air control staff, and its control tower is set to be manned by just one qualified controller and a trainee on Monday night. John McAdorey – It comes after the New Jersey airport was initially facing a 'zero ATC event' — a term used by industry workers to describe the doomsday scenario of no one showing up — Monday afternoon until a controller on his day off agreed to come in and cover the evening shift. 'One of the controllers is canceling his day off and coming into work. But that's not going to safely cover the entire system,' the source warned The Post. Advertisement The source said that a similar situation had occurred on Sunday when only two ATC's were on for the night shift. '15 is the target for EWR. Anything less than half of that is rough. Safety begins to be compromised,' he said, adding that he has 'never seen anything like this' in his decades-long career. 'If you get below half of that standard, so seven, your safety begins to be compromised and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) knows that. So what they'll do is put out ground stop delays and that's what we're seeing across the country. 'But it's still just dangerous when 1-3 controllers are getting slammed.' Advertisement The FAA and Department of Transportation (DOT) did not immediately return The Post's request for comment. However, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy gave a press conference about Newark where he said: 'I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last administration. Joe Biden did nothing to fix the system they knew was broke.' 4 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has claimed the control tower problems are the fault of the previous administration. Getty Images 4 A screen displaying a huge number of delayed flights at Newark on May 9. REUTERS Advertisement The airspace around New York and New Jersey is considered one of the 'busiest and most complex' sectors in the nation, according to several ATCs who spoke to The Post. 'In ideal weather, with full staffing and with perfectly functioning technology, the FAA tells us that the airport can only handle 77 flights per hour,' United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said in a note to employees last week. 'And yet, the FAA regularly approves schedules of 80+ flights per hour almost every day between 3:00pm and 8:00 p.m.' 'This math doesn't work,' Kirby added in the note. 'Especially when there is weather, staffing issues or technology breakdowns — the airspace, taxiways, and runways get backed up and gridlock occurs.' Newark Liberty International Airport, where United Airlines Holdings Inc. operates 68% of the airport's flights, experienced two jarring radar and communications failures in two weeks. The outages prompted the FAA to propose limiting the airport to no more than 56 total operations per hour. 4 The air control tower at Newark airport. AFP via Getty Images The FAA and airlines are meeting on Wednesday to discuss flight cuts at Newark Liberty International Airport. The source claimed there is a solution to the drastic staffing shortages that have brought the airport to a standstill, caused endless flight delays and cancelations, and prompted widespread safety concerns. Advertisement 'It is because Pete Buttigieg and the union collaborated and moved the [Newark] sector from Long Island [in New York] to Philadelphia last summer in the name of 'staffing concerns',' he told The Post. The FAA previously said the Newark Airport chaos was being exacerbated by at least ATC's who took 'trauma leave' of up to 45 days to cope with the stress of equipment failures.
New York Post
05-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Newark air traffic controllers lost radar and comms for 90 seconds in horrifying FAA outage
Air traffic controllers overseeing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced a horrifying 90-second blackout in radar and communications caused by a fried piece of copper wire, a source familiar with the incident told The Post. The April 28 failure — which left Federal Aviation Administration workers with no eyes or ears — resulted in many controllers at the Philadelphia-based center to take trauma leave, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union. United Airlines has blamed 20% of FAA workers 'walking off the job' as a result of the failure for the cascading delays at the airport — the second busiest in the New York area — that led to the carrier canceling dozens of flights a day. Advertisement 3 Traumatized air traffic controllers were reportedly forced to blindly land planes at Newark airport last week. John McAdorey – 'Air traffic controllers in Area C of the Philadelphia TRACON (PHL), who are responsible for separating and sequencing aircraft in and out of Newark Airport (EWR), temporarily lost radar and communications with the aircraft under their control, unable to see, hear, or talk to them,' an NATCA spokesperson said in a statement. The employees took leave under the Federal Employees Compensation Act, which covers all federal employees that are physically injured or experience a traumatic event on the job. Advertisement Newark airport has experienced more than 400 cancelled flights and nearly 2,000 delays since Friday. 3 Passengers check the departures board at United Airlines Terminal C at Newark Airport, photographed on May 5, 2025. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post At a press conference Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called for an Inspector General investigation into the travel nightmare at an airport which served 49 million travelers last year. 'The technology is old and must be updated. One of the things that happened at Newark is a copper wire burnt. Why are we using copper wire in 2025? Have they heard of fiber?' the Senate minority leader said. Advertisement Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also pinned the glut of delays at Newark airport on the outdated air traffic management system. 3 The outage was blamed on a faulty copper wire. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post 'We use floppy disks. We use copper wires,' he said. 'The system that we're using is not effective to control the traffic that we have in the airspace today.' Advertisement In a letter to customers, United CEO Scott Kirby said Newark airport's air traffic control center — which was moved to Philadelphia last summer in an effort to ease congestion at other New York-area airports — has been 'chronically understaffed for years,' and also pointed to the technology failure as the culprit for the cascading delays. He announced United — which makes up around 75% of Newark's flight traffic — was removing 35 daily roundtrip flights from the schedule, claiming 20% of Newark's air traffic controllers 'walked off the job' as a result of the failure, a characterization NATCA flatly denied.
