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Into the Leadership Void: Who’s in Charge of the MTA?
Gov. Cuomo's bid to split the top job stalled — although the agency continues to push it. Will we be saying hello to an interim chairman?
July 19, 2021
Council Candidate: Hells Kitchen Needs Another 7 Train Station
Erik Bottcher calls for the revival of the unbuilt station at 41st Street and Tenth Avenue.
June 8, 2021
OPINION: Roll Back Cuomo’s Anti-Homeless Subway Rules
The MTA used the cover of the pandemic to discriminate against unhoused New Yorkers. Two bills would end the abuse.
May 7, 2021
Gov. Cuomo Restores 24-7 Service on Filthy, Crime-Ridden Subway that He Runs But Doesn’t Ride
"Have you been on the subway? Because I have. And I was scared," the governor says.
May 3, 2021
Legislators Counter Flailing Cuomo’s $145M MTA Raid With Better Idea: $0 MTA Raid
The state legislature moved quickly to take advantage of Gov. Cuomo's weakened position, delivering its own budget proposal on Sunday that undoes Cuomo's proposed $145-million raid on MTA operating funds.
March 16, 2021
OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First
February 19, 2021
Little Steps: Two More Hours of Overnight Subway Service To Return Next Week!
The four-hour nightly closures put in place May 6 will be rolled back to a two-hour closure next week.
February 15, 2021
OPINION: Gov. Cuomo Must Stop the Racially Disproportionate Overnight Subway Closure
The measure amounts to a racially disproportionate assault on the livelihood of Black and brown communities, a budding planner argues in a clarion call op-ed.
January 11, 2021
OPINION: Cuomo and Murphy Must Sign the Transportation and Climate Initiative
Our transit systems and environment urgently need the regional agreement, a policy analyst argues.
December 9, 2020
OPINION: To Save the Subway, Tax the Ultra-Wealthy
New York needs to make the billionaires who disproportionately benefit from government to pay their fair share, a lawmaker argues.
November 26, 2020
