Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo Deal Will Cut Payroll Tax, Reimburse MTA, Create Infrastructure Fund

By Noah Kazis | Dec 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

The details of Governor Cuomo’s economic plan, which includes both tax reform and a new infrastructure fund, were released today with support from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. One of the MTA’s most important revenue streams is seriously affected by the tax reforms. The payroll mobility tax will be cut by […]

New York Can’t Afford to Build a Tappan Zee Bridge With No Transit

By Noah Kazis | Nov 1, 2011 | 6 Comments

According to the State of New York, spending $5.2 billion on a new Tappan Zee Bridge is affordable, but spending another $1 billion for a 30-mile bus rapid transit corridor is a bridge too far. Affordability, of course, is subjective. If the state were truly broke, Governor Andrew Cuomo might decide he had to close […]

Who Killed Transit on the New Tappan Zee? Feds and State DOT Won’t Say.

By Noah Kazis | Oct 24, 2011 | 26 Comments

Call it the mystery of the missing transit. One of the state’s biggest transit projects, in the works for nearly a decade, was canceled overnight and no one will explain why, or even claim responsibility for the decision. Two weeks ago, each of the four alternatives for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge included a new […]

Cuomo Selects Joe Lhota as Next MTA Chair

By Ben Fried | Oct 20, 2011 | 1 Comment

Governor Andrew Cuomo today named Joseph Lhota as his pick to run the nation’s largest transit system. Lhota, a former deputy mayor and budget director under mayor Rudy Giuliani, will officially hold the position of MTA CEO after a confirmation vote by the New York State Senate, which is not expected to pose much of […]

Jay Walder Came to the MTA With a Plan to Improve Transit. Will Joe Lhota?

By Noah Kazis | Oct 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

Any moment now, Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce that Joe Lhota, the former budget director and deputy mayor for Rudy Giuliani, will be the next chairman of the MTA. There will be a press conference and press releases — a singular opportunity for Cuomo and Lhota to put forward their vision for the […]

Cuomo Names Patrick Foye to Head Port Authority

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2011 | 3 Comments

As expected, Governor Cuomo has tapped Patrick Foye to replace Chris Ward as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Foye, Cuomo’s deputy secretary for economic development and an MTA board member, had been considered a contender since shortly after Ward announced plans to step down. An appointee of David […]

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