If Verrazano Toll Relief Is Truly About Inequity, then Governor Cuomo Must Enact Real Toll Reform
The MTA board adopted a toll reduction for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the agency’s monthly board meeting yesterday, a move that was opposed by Tri-State and former Lieutenant Governor and MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch, and one that was criticized by several board members. The toll relief program has been framed as a way to solve the “inequity” of high tolls that Staten Islanders pay. […]
Once Again, NYS Comptroller Calls Out Governor Cuomo’s Transit Fund Diversion
For the second year in a row, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli weighed in on a 2014-2015 state budget maneuver proposed by Governor Cuomo that puts MTA dedicated funds at risk. In the Comptroller’s review of the Executive Budget, DiNapoli highlighted Governor Cuomo’s proposal to divert “$40 million from the Metropolitan Mass Transit Operating […]