Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

The governor gets the last laugh. Photo: Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio

On MTA Reform, De Blasio Gave Cuomo Everything — And Got Nothing In Return

By David Meyer | Feb 27, 2019 | 7 Comments

Mayor de Blasio is apparently so eager to get the MTA off his hands, he's giving the keys to the kingdom to Governor Cuomo without even putting up a fight.

The board room at 2 Broadway. Photo: MTA/Flickr

It’s a Really Big Week for the Flailing MTA

By David Meyer | Feb 25, 2019 | 14 Comments

A lot is going to happen concerning the future of our city.

The Canarsie Tunnel, pictured in 2012 just after Hurricane Sandy flooded and damaged its foundation. Photo: Flickr/MTA

Cuomo’s New L-Train Shutdown Plan Is Basically As Bad As We Expected

By David Meyer | Feb 13, 2019 | 8 Comments

The MTA confirmed its service plans for the overnight and weekend work that will take the place of the canceled L-train shutdown — and they're as bad as Streetsblog predicted.

Mark Schroeder, Cuomo's nominee to head the state DMV. Photo: Schroeder's Facebook page

New York State Finally Has a New DMV Commissioner. Here’s What He Needs to Do

By David Meyer | Jan 30, 2019 | 16 Comments

Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder will fill a seat left vacant since Gov. Cuomo's first term. Streetsblog has a long list of actions he must take to make state roadways safer.

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

OPINION: Gov. Cuomo Is Talking Crazy About Congestion Pricing — But He May Be Crazy Like a Fox

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 29, 2019 | 13 Comments

Gov. Cuomo said the wrong thing about transit on Wednesday — but he said it for the right reason. In a chat with Brian Lehrer on WNYC, the governor suggested that congestion pricing must pass so that the MTA would not need to raise transit fares to cover an annual operating budget shortfall this year. […]

Andrew Cuomo Photo: Flickr/NYS Governor's Office

EXCLUSIVE: Cuomo’s L Train Plan Still Has Lots of Pain [Updated]

By Gersh Kuntzman and David Meyer | Jan 23, 2019 | 37 Comments

Exit-only stations, massive crowds and scrubbed buses are part of the now overnight and weekend fix.

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