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State Senators Admit They Don’t Understand The MTA’s Enormous Deficit
Legislators, including State Senator John Liu, displayed a stunning lack of insight into where the MTA's money comes from and the long-term financial state of the hobbled transit agency.
August 26, 2020
New Evasions Underscore 24/7 Subway Service Has Become a Political Hot Potato
Cuomo, Foye pass the buck on when the trains will begin running full time again. Paging Dr. Zucker!
August 25, 2020
Governor, MTA Still Not Talking About Restoring 24-7 Subway Service
Why does Cuomo insist on continuing subway closures every night when workers need full service and transit does not appear to be a vector of the disease, advocates are asking.
August 21, 2020
OPINION: Class War, Local and Express
What a Twitter spat says about how Gov. Cuomo and his minions run the MTA.
August 19, 2020
Bus-Mounted Cameras Have Issued 40,000 Tix Since October
And cameras will be added to the M23 SBS, M34 SBS and M86 SBS on Monday.
August 7, 2020
With No Federal Money Coming, the MTA Has Options — Bad Ones
The Feds are allowing transit agencies to use capital funds for operating expenses. But that option comes with huge downsides.
August 6, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: The ADA at 30 Edition
The MTA has roughly 470 stations on the subway and Staten Island Railroad. Only about one-quarter are accessible. Plus all the other news from a busy weekend.
July 27, 2020
Opinion: At the MTA, We Take Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Seriously
"Government," says MTA Chief Diversity Officer Michael Garner, "is meant to work for all people, all the time."
July 26, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: The MTA’s ‘Parade of Horribles’
MTA Chairman Pat Foye said his agency is facing a "parade of horribles." Our cartoonist imagines just such a march.
July 23, 2020
MTA Won’t Cross ‘More Cops’ Off Its Shopping List
Even as the transit agency faces a debt crisis, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said the MTA's plan to hire more than 300 new police officers would not be scrapped.
July 22, 2020
