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Andrew Cuomo, City Builder
The headline is no joke. In his sixth year governing the state of New York, Andrew Cuomo is on a bit of a roll when it comes to urban planning and city-based economic development. Cuomo and his administration have announced or budgeted for multiple projects over the past few months that promise to heal urban neighborhoods by repairing the damage inflicted by mid-century highways.
April 12, 2016
Cuomo’s MTA Debt Bomb: How the Pieces Fit Together
NY1's Zack Fink reports that last week's Albany budget deal raised the MTA's debt ceiling to $55 billion (about one-third higher than the previous cap of $41 billion). That's $14 billion more in potential borrowing that, in all likelihood, straphangers will pay off in the form of higher fares.
April 8, 2016
TSTC: Cuomo and State DOT Need to Get Serious About Pedestrian Safety
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is calling on Governor Cuomo and New York State DOT to increase funding for much-needed safety improvements on the state's most dangerous streets.
April 6, 2016
The 30-Second Silent Video That Every MTA Rider Should See
The next time you hear a friend talking about the time their train stayed still for 30 minutes because of signal problems, or the time they waited 45 minutes for a bus then watched four buses pull up simultaneously, or the time they almost got pushed onto the tracks because the platform was so crowded, point them to this video from the Riders Alliance. It's 30 seconds of truth about Andrew Cuomo.
March 25, 2016
Transit Riders: The MTA Can’t Run on Cuomo’s IOUs
Straphangers can’t pay the MTA with an IOU, so why should Governor Andrew Cuomo get away with it?
March 23, 2016
Cuomo’s Capital Budget: $3,400,000,000 for Roads, $0 for MTA
Here's something NYC representatives should be screaming about in Albany: Governor Cuomo's budget allocates more than $3 billion to roads and bridges but nothing to the MTA's capital program, according to an analysis released today by the Riders Alliance. The discrepancy amounts to a gigantic transfer of resources from the New York City region to the statewide road program.
March 21, 2016
NYS Assembly Wants $20M for Safe Streets — Will Cuomo and Senate Agree?
In its one-house budget, the State Assembly is proposing to dedicate $20 million to safe streets projects statewide. It would be the first time New York has set aside dedicated funding for the state’s Complete Streets program, but so far neither Governor Cuomo nor the State Senate have included any such funding in their respective budget proposals.
March 18, 2016
Independent Watchdogs on Cuomo’s MTA Budget: Show Us the Money
Add the Independent Budget Office to the transit advocates and New York City electeds who aren't buying Governor Andrew Cuomo’s claim that the state has met its commitment to fund the MTA. The IBO sums up the reasons not to take Cuomo at his word in a short brief released this week.
March 3, 2016
On Transit Funding, Emperor Cuomo Has No Clothes
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget includes no new funds for the MTA capital program -- a brazen departure from the funding pledge Cuomo made just a few months ago. Transit advocates laid out the broken promises at a press conference in Brooklyn this morning.
January 26, 2016