Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo’s LaGuardia Train Would Be Slower Than Existing Transit

By Brad Aaron | Jan 21, 2015 | 80 Comments

The centerpiece of Governor Cuomo’s second-term transportation agenda for New York City isn’t closing the $15 billion gap in the MTA capital program or taking serious steps to relieve the city from suffocating traffic. Instead, Cuomo’s big idea is a new rail link to LaGuardia Airport. The idea captivated the Times and distracted from the meat […]

Cuomo’s Transpo Vision: Huge Garages, Cheap Roads, Lots More MTA Debt

By Stephen Miller | Jan 20, 2015 | 14 Comments

A day before his big statewide policy address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his transportation and infrastructure agenda today at a Midtown breakfast hosted by the Association for a Better New York, a business group. This was not the speech where the governor finally laid out his plan to prevent runaway MTA debt, fix the traffic […]

With Opening at DMV, Cuomo Has Opportunity to Lead on Street Safety

By Stephen Miller | Jan 2, 2015 | 9 Comments

With the retirement of Barbara Fiala, the top position at the Department of Motor Vehicles is vacant, giving Governor Andrew Cuomo an opportunity to appoint someone who will use the state’s oversight of driver education, training, and licensing to improve street safety and prevent traffic deaths. Fiala, 70, is a Democrat who served as Broome County […]

This Fare Hike Is Just a Hint of What’s to Come

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2014 | 4 Comments

With the MTA set to raise fares 4 percent over the next two years, it’s time for the bi-annual spectacle of fare hike hearings, where political appointees absorb the brunt of straphanger anger so Governor Cuomo doesn’t have to. This time around, the proposed increase in fares isn’t that big — a larger hike was […]

It’s His Commission: Blame Cuomo for MTA’s Underwhelming “Reinvention”

By Stephen Miller | Nov 26, 2014 | 13 Comments

The MTA Reinvention Commission report, the product of months of work from a panel of experts, was unceremoniously dumped to the press by the governor’s office at 5:30 p.m. yesterday, shortly before Thanksgiving. While the document [PDF] includes a number of worthwhile suggestions, it fails to seriously grapple with the biggest challenges facing New York’s transit […]

Families for Safe Streets Meets With Cuomo Rep to Talk DMV Reforms

By Brad Aaron | Nov 19, 2014 | 24 Comments

In a meeting with representatives from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration Tuesday, members of Families for Safe Streets called for reforms to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles protocols, with the goal of discouraging reckless driving and obtaining some measure of justice for crash victims and their families. Karen Rae, Cuomo’s deputy transportation secretary, met with relatives […]

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