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Russianoff and Raskin: Public Will Have to Keep an Eye on Cuomo to Protect MTA Funds (News) 2nd Ave Sagas: Out of Control Construction Costs Devalue Capital Plan; WNYC Inventories Projects NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney Calls on Port Authority to Prioritize a New Bus Terminal (Politico) 538: Number of New Uber Trips in Manhattan Core Just About […]

Shocker: Cuomo Will Probably Pay for MTA Capital Program By Borrowing (News) NYT: Albany Should Pay for MTA With Higher Gas Tax or Tolls on Free East River Bridges Here’s How Much Rolling Stock the Capital Program Will Buy for NYC (Crain’s) And Here’s What the Daily News Thinks of the MTA Funding Deal Coke Truck […]

Cuomo, de Blasio Reach Deal on MTA Capital Funding (Politico, NYT, WSJ, News, Post, WNYC, AMNY) WSJ Has the Story of How the Deal Came Together The Scales in That Fight Were Tilted Toward Cuomo (NYT) Where Will Cuomo’s $8.3 Billion for the MTA Come From? Not From New Taxes (News) Why the C Train Needs Attention From […]

Cuomo Dismisses Everyone Who Thinks His MTA Budget Raids Matter (Politico, Observer) AMNY Wants Cuomo, BdB to Cut a Deal; Dan Quart Wants Sustainable Funding Source (Gotham Gazette) Turning Driver Critically Injures Couple Crossing Street in Boro Park (JP Updates, WNBC) Driver Critically Injures Man, 21, Crossing Third Ave in Sunset Park; Driver: “I Honked” (News) CB 1 Committee […]

WSJ: De Blasio to Offer MTA $2 Billion, If Albany Will Keep Cuomo’s Hands Off Cuomo Continues to Duck Responsibility for His MTA (Politico, News) DiNapoli Report Finds Virtually Zero NYC DWI Offenders Are Using Interlocks (News) Francisco Moya: Let’s Make 111th Street Safe by Keeping People on the Margins (DNA) Advance Profiles Latest Hylan Boulevard Traffic Violence Victims … (1, […]

Curb-Jumping Driver Kills Woman, Critically Injures 2-Year-Old in Richmond Hill (NYT, WCBS, WNBC) City Government Drivers Have Killed Zero People in Past 12 Months (News) MTA Releases Draft Concept for $400 Million VNB Bike-Ped Paths (Advance, AMNY, News) Police Release Video of College Point Blvd Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Mariano Contreras (DNA) De Blasio Tweets About Hylan […]