Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

The 30-Second Silent Video That Every MTA Rider Should See

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2016 | 6 Comments

The next time you hear a friend talking about the time their train stayed still for 30 minutes because of signal problems, or the time they waited 45 minutes for a bus then watched four buses pull up simultaneously, or the time they almost got pushed onto the tracks because the platform was so crowded, point them […]

Transit Riders: The MTA Can’t Run on Cuomo’s IOUs

By David Meyer | Mar 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Straphangers can’t pay the MTA with an IOU, so why should Governor Andrew Cuomo get away with it? That’s the message Riders Alliance members brought to the MTA board meeting this morning. After trying and failing to swipe into the Bowling Green subway station with a giant “IOU” Metrocard, the group proceeded to MTA headquarters. In October, […]

Cuomo’s Capital Budget: $3,400,000,000 for Roads, $0 for MTA

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2016 | 12 Comments

Here’s something NYC representatives should be screaming about in Albany: Governor Cuomo’s budget allocates more than $3 billion to roads and bridges but nothing to the MTA’s capital program, according to an analysis released today by the Riders Alliance. The discrepancy amounts to a gigantic transfer of resources from the New York City region to […]

NYS Assembly Wants $20M for Safe Streets — Will Cuomo and Senate Agree?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2016 | 1 Comment

In its one-house budget, the State Assembly is proposing to dedicate $20 million to safe streets projects statewide. It would be the first time New York has set aside dedicated funding for the state’s Complete Streets program, but so far neither Governor Cuomo nor the State Senate have included any such funding in their respective budget proposals. The […]

Independent Watchdogs on Cuomo’s MTA Budget: Show Us the Money

By David Meyer | Mar 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

Add the Independent Budget Office to the transit advocates and New York City electeds who aren’t buying Governor Andrew Cuomo’s claim that the state has met its commitment to fund the MTA. The IBO sums up the reasons not to take Cuomo at his word in a short brief released this week. In October, Cuomo agreed that the state would contribute $8.3 billion […]

36 Assembly Members to Cuomo: Stop Playing Games and Fund the MTA

By David Meyer | Feb 23, 2016 | 7 Comments

Andrew Cuomo wants New Yorkers to think he’s taken care of the multi-billion dollar funding shortfall for the MTA capital program, even though his new budget allocates no new funds for the MTA. Well, 36 members of the Assembly aren’t buying it. In a letter to Cuomo, Brooklyn Assembly Member Jim Brennan called on the governor to commit $1.825 billion […]

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