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What You Need to Know About the Congestion Pricing Plan From Cuomo’s Fix NYC Panel
The centerpiece is a cordon zone in Manhattan below 60th Street where drivers would pay for the use of scarce street space. Here's an overview of how it would all come together.
January 19, 2018
Cuomo Fails to Deliver the Hard Charge at Traffic and Transit Reform That New York Desperately Needs
After a year in which subway service reached appalling new lows, jeopardizing the economic health of the entire state, Cuomo spent a scant few minutes discussing the city's transit system in his annual State of the State Address.
January 3, 2018
How to Turn Up the Pressure on Cuomo to Fix the Subways
Get a "Subway Delay Action Kit" to mobilize other riders the next time you're stuck on a crowded platform or train.
November 20, 2017
State Lawmakers Are Failing at MTA Oversight
In 2016, neither the Assembly nor the State Senate held a single oversight hearing about the decline of NYC transit service.
September 19, 2017
Forget Upstate Legislators — Why Don’t NYC Democrats in Albany Advocate for Better Transit?
New York City's own contingent in the state legislature is the bigger stumbling block to better transit.
August 30, 2017
Let’s Hear More About All the Money Cuomo Wastes on Not Fixing the Subways
De Blasio's proposal for a millionaires tax to fund transit may or may not win him some short-term political points, but it's definitely muddling the message that voters need to hear: Governor Cuomo runs the subways and should pay for fixing them.
August 7, 2017
Andrew Cuomo’s MTA Propaganda Should Scare the Bejeezus Out of You
NYC transit service is starting to earn comparisons to the bad old 1980s, and Governor Cuomo wants you to know one thing -- it's not his fault.
July 21, 2017
Q&A With Jeff Dinowitz on NYC’s Transit Crisis and What Assembly Dems Are Doing About It
Streetsblog recently spoke to Dinowitz to find out what his constituents are telling him about transit service, how he plans to use his oversight role in the Assembly, and what he thinks must be done to turn around bus and subway service.
July 11, 2017
Step One Toward Fixing the Subway: Be Honest
What would it look like if Cuomo and Lhota stopped making gestures and started exercising real leadership at the MTA? Here are three steps that could make a difference for subway service.
July 6, 2017
Slower Subways Will Cost New Yorkers $1.4 Billion This Year
New Yorkers are already paying for Cuomo's deteriorating MTA in the form of lost time, increased pollution, and poorer health.
June 26, 2017
