Kathy Hochul
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Happy Birthday, Subway! Challenges and Opportunities as the System Turns 120
New York can’t survive without transit and transit can’t survive without investment.
October 27, 2024
Cycle of Rage: To Hochul, Saving Lives is Important, But Not if It’s Too Expensive to Suburban Drivers
The safety is too damn high!
October 24, 2024
MTA Can’t Borrow Its Way Out Of Hochul’s Capital Plan Gaps: Comptroller
Forcing the MTA to fill its congestion pricing hole with borrowed money could mean a 16-percent fare hike down the line.
October 23, 2024
OPINION: Any Money Hochul Finds to ‘Replace’ Congestion Pricing Should Fund Fares and Frequency
The governor's congestion pricing gambit put potential infusions into MTA operations to fund things like fare subsidies and service on the back burner.
October 1, 2024
Derailed? Gov. Hochul May Rip Up MTA Capital Plan
The gridlock governor — who already blew a $15-billion hole in the MTA capital budget — now is suggesting that the next capital plan is too big.
September 30, 2024
DENIED: Hochul Fails in Bid to Toss Pro-Congestion Pricing Suits Out of Court
A State Supreme Court judge will give congestion pricing supporters a real day in court!
September 27, 2024
Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’ Tanked Her Polling, Hurt the MTA and Did Zilch for Democrats
Gridlock Gov. Kathy Hochul saw zero political benefit from nixing congestion pricing's June 30 launch date, according to a new poll.
September 20, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines: Hochul Agonistes Edition
The Times offers a psychological insight into Gov. Hochul's congestion pricing "pause." Plus other news.
September 18, 2024
Hamstrung! Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’ Screws Over the Next MTA Capital Plan: Report
Gov. Hochul’s congestion pricing pause will eat into the MTA’s execution of its next capital plan and push the start of work on that plan back by years, a new report argues.
September 16, 2024
Swiss Miss: MTA Claims Neutrality in Pro-Congestion Pricing Lawsuits
The MTA is sitting out the latest lawsuits aimed at restoring congestion pricing, according to an agency court filing.
September 13, 2024
