Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

De Blasio Should Drive a Hard Bargain With Cuomo on Transit, Not Cede to All His Demands

By Ben Fried | Jul 26, 2017 | 8 Comments

If you think transit riders would be well-served by de Blasio meekly going along with Cuomo's demands, look at what happened the last time the two struck a bargain on transit.

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

Andrew Cuomo’s MTA Propaganda Should Scare the Bejeezus Out of You

By Ben Fried | Jul 21, 2017 | 32 Comments

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.

Disability rights advocates called on Cuomo, Lhota, and the MTA to accelerate efforts to add elevators and improve maintenance of existing ones. Photo: David Meyer

If You Can’t Take the Stairs, Only 23 Percent of Subway Stations Are Accessible — on a Good Day

By David Meyer | Jul 20, 2017 | 8 Comments

For mobility-impaired New Yorkers, riding the subway can be impossible. Only 110 of the system's 472 stations have stair-free access, and even at those stations, elevators don't serve every platform and are often out of commission, with little or no public notice.

Step One Toward Fixing the Subway: Be Honest

By Alon Levy | Jul 6, 2017 | 23 Comments

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.

Riders Alliance Executive Director John Raskin and company outside Governor Cuomo's NYC offices last night. Photo: David Meyer

Riders Turn Up the Heat on Andrew Cuomo to Lead the MTA Out of This Subway Crisis

By David Meyer | Jun 29, 2017 | 5 Comments

Speaking in Manhattan this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a "state of emergency" for the MTA, giving his newly-appointed agency chairman Joe Lhota 30 days to redesign the agency's organizational structure and 60 days to address shortcomings in the agency's $29 billion, five-year capital plan.

Crowding Is a Symptom of What Ails the Subways, Not a Cause

By Ben Fried | Jun 28, 2017 | 14 Comments

The Times came out with a piece on subway delays this morning that's getting heavy play on Twitter. It has some compelling visualizations of the rise in ridership and decline in reliability, but it starts off by framing poor service in a way that obscures the root of the subway's troubles.

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