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Meet Amy Paulin — The Assembly Member Tasked With MTA Oversight
Can a ninth-term suburbanite save the MTA?
December 13, 2018
Gov. Cuomo Leaves the MTA Board No Choice — So You’re Getting a Fare Hike
Talk about a rock and a hard place.
December 12, 2018
Andrew Cuomo is the Reason for Monday’s MTA Budget Committee Fiasco
Gov. Cuomo and the MTA board are in a battle to see who will get blamed for an inevitable transit fare hike next year. And it looks like the governor will win.
December 11, 2018
Cuomo Comes Out Against Fare Hikes But Passes the Buck on Everything Else
The governor is literally all over the subway map.
November 20, 2018
MTA and City Screw Working Poor with So-Called ‘Fair Fares’
A discount on weekly and monthly Metrocards doesn't help the working poor — who tend to pay as they go because they don't have big money to spend up front.
November 15, 2018
New York’s Amazon Deal Has Little For Miserable Queens Commuters
Transit is not going to get appreciably better under this sweetheart deal with Amazon.
November 14, 2018
Sweetheart Deal for Amazon Includes Tiny ‘Infrastructure Fund’ for City
Could an "infrastructure fund" help ease the burden of having 25,000 Amazonians move to Long Island City?
November 13, 2018
Joe Lhota’s Resignation from the MTA: What You Need to Know
Lhota's departure means real leadership is around the corner. Hopefully.
November 9, 2018
From Streetfilms: Los Angeles — The Great American Transit Experiment
Clarence Eckerson is back with a look at major transit expansions in the City of Angels.
October 11, 2018
De Blasio Moves Forward With the BQX: Here’s Four Things You Should Know
It is still unclear if this $2.73-billion thing is really going to happen.
August 31, 2018
