Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

EPA to Cuomo: Paying for a Highway With Clean Water Funds? Not So Fast

By Stephen Miller | Jun 26, 2014 | 6 Comments

Will anyone stop Governor Andrew Cuomo from using the state’s clean water program to pay for a big new highway bridge to replace the Tappan Zee? The governor wants to take out a $511 million low-interest loan to cover part of the multi-billion dollar Tappan Zee replacement. A panel of Cuomo appointees is expected to […]

NYC Bike-Ped Projects Get $21 Million in Federal Funds From State DOT

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2014 | 10 Comments

On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced that the state DOT is awarding $21.2 million in federal highway safety funds over three years to nine projects in New York City that all include big safety improvements for biking and walking. Advocates welcomed the news, but still have questions about whether the state is allocating enough money to […]

Will Cuomo Help the MTA Make “Every Dollar Count”?

By John Petro | Jun 10, 2014 | 8 Comments

The MTA has made big strides in recent years to streamline its operations, but without political leadership from Governor Cuomo, the agency won’t be able to tackle the high costs and inefficiencies that continue to hamper the city’s transit system. In 2010, after an acute budget crisis, the MTA began a program to cut costs […]

Questions Linger Over Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Transit Plans

By Stephen Miller | Apr 30, 2014 | 5 Comments

On Monday, Governor Cuomo announced that the state would provide $20 million for transit service across the new Tappan Zee Bridge, and is applying for a federal grant as well. While this first step is welcome news, there are still more questions than answers about what this money will pay for and how the rest of […]

MTA-TWU Agreement: What’s the Plan Now, Governor?

By John Petro | Apr 18, 2014 | 11 Comments

The MTA’s financial situation became much murkier yesterday as Governor Cuomo announced that retroactive raises will be part of a labor agreement between the transit authority and the Transport Workers Union. Up until yesterday’s announcement, MTA leadership had insisted that the authority’s financial health depended on “three years of net-zero wage growth.” Keeping labor costs flat […]

No, the MTA Can’t Afford Cuomo’s Transit Raids

By John Petro | Apr 14, 2014 | No Comments

I think most transit riders would laugh — cynically — at the idea that the MTA has more than enough funds to meet its needs. But this is exactly what the MTA’s chairman Tom Prendergast said when he learned that the state would be diverting $30 million from the MTA’s funding stream to balance the […]

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