Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo to NYC: Eat My Dust, Plebes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 23, 2015 | 20 Comments

.@NYGovCuomo also basically said the MTA budget gap is the city’s problem. “NYC does have a surplus…I hope the city does provide help.” — Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) July 22, 2015 Governor Andrew Cuomo says it’s up to New York City to fund his MTA — and indicated the city will have to do it without the funding mechanism […]

Albany Alert: Urge Governor Cuomo to Amend or Kill Hit-and-Run Bill

By Brad Aaron | Jul 20, 2015 | 2 Comments

District attorneys are calling on Albany’s three men in a room to amend or kill a bill that would affect future cases against drivers who leave the scene of a serious crash. Prosecutors and advocates have for years asked lawmakers to address a loophole in state law that gives hit-and-run drivers an incentive to leave the scene. […]

Governor Cuomo Won’t Ride the Subway, But Cardboard Cut-Out Cuomo Will

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 10, 2015 | 5 Comments

The advocates at the Riders Alliance have been campaigning for many months to get Governor Andrew Cuomo to ride the NYC subways. The governor’s office has refused to answer any of their inquiries. So on Thursday, they did the next best thing: They brought along a cardboard cut-out of his likeness to see how straphangers would react. […]

Next Stop for Bill to Expand Bus Lane Cameras: Andrew Cuomo’s Desk

By Stephen Miller | Jun 26, 2015 | 15 Comments

Last night, the State Senate followed the Assembly’s lead and passed a bill to continue New York City’s bus lane camera enforcement program and expand it to an additional 10 bus routes. The bill now awaits Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signature. The Senate voted 48 in favor and 11 opposed. The day before, the bill squeaked through the Assembly, 79-60, […]

Andrew Cuomo Is Failing at One of His Most Basic Tasks

By Ben Fried | Jun 23, 2015 | 6 Comments

In 1981, then-MTA Chair Richard Ravitch wrote to Governor Hugh Carey, pleading for action “to meet the increasingly desperate situation of public transit in New York.” Carey responded by moving a suite of measures through Albany that led to the MTA’s first five-year capital program. Investments made through the capital program brought the transit system […]

Cuomo: I’ll Wrap Move NY After I Personally Collar the Killers

By Mr. Inside Track | Jun 11, 2015 | 15 Comments

Citing the pressures of overseeing the manhunt for the two escaped Dannemora Prison convicts, Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced a suspension of negotiations to write and enact legislation implementing the Move NY toll reform plan. “We were tantalizingly close to finalizing the bill,” the governor said from his North Country command post, “but they say […]

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