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Cuomo’s LaGuardia Overhaul Projected to Cost $8B and Take 10 Years (Crain’s) Cuomo’s MTA Will Have to Cajole and Beg to Fund Half of Its Capital Program (NYT) Port Authority Calls for More Federal Funding for Gateway Tunnel (News) The Times Says LaGuardia Access Is a Weak Link in Cuomo Plan Council Members Want to Regulate Tall Buildings South of Central […]

Anthony Foxx Will Try to Prod Christie and Cuomo to Action on Trans-Hudson Rail (NYT) Cuomo’s Getting Great Press for His LaGuardia Reveal (NYT, DNA, AP, WSJ, News, Post) A More Skeptical View of the Proposal (2nd Ave Sagas) At LGA Presser, Biden Gets in a Dig at Christie for Killing ARC; Cuomo Gets Nothing […]

Cuomo Continues Gubernatorial Tradition of Trying to Make the MTA Someone Else’s Problem (NYT) Advocates, Budget Watchdogs Aren’t Impressed With Gov’s Transit Funding Outline (Crain’s 1, 2) Daily News: Cuomo’s Wrong, Move NY Has Changed the Politics of Road Pricing in NYC Northeast Corridor and Trans-Hudson Rail Tunnels Held Together With Duct Tape (NYT, WNYC) Chris Christie Has […]

Cuomo: State Will Somehow Find $8 Billion to Help Fill MTA Funding Gap (NY1 via WNYC) Governor Wants City to Pay More (Capital, NYT) — De Blasio Wants a Plan From the State First (Capital) How a Ragtag Team of Political Consultants With Millions of Dollars Beat Bill de Blasio (Capital) The Fight Over Uber’s Role Is Far From Over (Crain’s, FiveThirtyEight, […]

Cuomo Says NYC Should Fund MTA, But He Won’t Let NYC Fund MTA With Tolls (CapNY, WNYC) Mayor Backs Down on Uber Cap After Gov Weighs In (NYT, News, AP, CapNY, WSJ, NY1, Post, AMNY) MTA Finds Some Change Under the Cushions to Pay for Capital Plan (NYT, News, Post, AMNY) Lander: Let’s Make Off-Board Fare Payment Standard for All MTA Buses […]

Uber Releases Stats It Says Contradict City’s Claims About CBD Congestion (News 1, 2) Stringer Sides With Uber, Argues Against Temporary Cap on Growth (News, Post, WSJ, Crain’s) Anthony Foxx: Region’s Refusal to Act on Trans-Hudson Tunnels “Almost Criminal” (Capital) Know a Judge on Long Island? You Could Get Off With Criminally Low Bail for DUI […]