Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

On Transit Funding, Emperor Cuomo Has No Clothes

By David Meyer | Jan 26, 2016 | 10 Comments

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget includes no new funds for the MTA capital program — a brazen departure from the funding pledge Cuomo made just a few months ago. Transit advocates laid out the broken promises at a press conference in Brooklyn this morning. Back in October, Cuomo reached an agreement with Mayor de Blasio that the […]

Someone’s Gotta Pay for the Cuomo Transpo Plan, And It Won’t Be Motorists

By Ben Fried | Jan 14, 2016 | 7 Comments

Andrew Cuomo ran down his list of big transportation projects in the State of the State Address yesterday, and despite the billions it will take to build everything on his agenda, the governor didn’t say anything about how he’ll raise the money to pay for it. He did work in a line about toll cuts for Thruway drivers, […]

Here’s the Risk to Straphangers of Kicking the Can on the MTA Capital Plan

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 11, 2016 | No Comments

Rumors are swirling that the long-awaited answer to the key question vexing the MTA — how the state’s $8.3 billion share of the unfunded portion of the MTA capital plan will be paid for — is that dreaded four-letter word: D-E-B-T. According to the terms of a deal reached by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio in October, […]

Cuomo’s “Ambitious” Transport Program: a Hodgepodge of Pandering

By Ben Fried | Jan 7, 2016 | 9 Comments

Try to picture this: Governor Cuomo, announcing a big MTA funding commitment, promises subway and bus fares won’t rise for four years. And in fact, people who buy monthly MetroCards will get a de facto fare cut via tax credits. Infrastructure upgrades and lower fares — sweet deal. Hard to imagine? For New York City transit […]

Who Will Pay for Cuomo’s Upstate Highway Spending Spree?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 6, 2016 | 21 Comments

Thruway toll reduction & largest transportation infrastructure investment in NYS history included in 2016 proposals: https://t.co/TtNum0nIfA — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 6, 2016 Governor Andrew Cuomo continued his run-up to the 2016 State of the State today by announcing a multi-billion dollar subsidy for New York State Thruway drivers and a proposed $22 billion in spending on upstate road […]

Cuomo’s Long Island Growth Plan: More Trains and More Traffic

By David Meyer | Jan 5, 2016 | 50 Comments

This morning, Governor Cuomo announced plans to move forward with the Long Island Railroad’s project for a third track on the main line between Floral Park and Hicksville in Nassau County. At the same time, Cuomo wants to study a car tunnel linking Long Island to either the Bronx, Westchester, or Connecticut. The LIRR project will […]

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