Sentences with phrase «city subway riders»
On Monday morning, while Mr. de Blasio was testifying, the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, a group of Democrats who collaborate with the Republicans, released a survey in which they said 75 percent of city subway riders supported the city paying for half of the subway action plan.
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Angry subway riders rallied last night outside Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office to demand a credible plan to fix the city's crumbling subway system.
The NYC subway system's descent into chronic unreliability has become so embedded in the psyches of riders that many are overcompensating, adding extra time to their trips and thereby being early in a city of chronically late people.
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We could fix our crumbling subway system by providing the MTA the money we were promised for repairs, and stop asking New York City or its riders to clean up Governor Cuomo's mess.
«Today, 50,000 New York City Transit employees moved nearly 6 million people on the subway and 2.5 million bus riders,» MTA spokesman Jon Weinstein said Thursday in an emailed statement.
«Rather than sending the bill to working families, and subway and bus riders already feeling the pressure of rising fares and bad service, we are asking the wealthiest in our city to chip in a little extra to help move our transit system into the 21st century,» de Blasio, who is running for re-election, said in an emailed statement Monday.
«Rather than sending the bill to working families and subway and bus riders already feeling the pressure of rising fares and bad service, we are asking the wealthiest in our city to chip in a little extra to help move or transit system into the 21st century,» de Blasio said in a statement.
At noon, elected officials and advocates will stand at the City Hall R train subway stop to rally and provide details for the «Riders Respond Transit Tour,» organized by NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and AssemblymanJeffrey Dinowitz, Manhattan.
Angry subway riders rallied Wednesday evening outside Gov. Cuomo's office to demand a credible plan to fix the city's crumbling subway system.
«By the same measure, I would hope he speaks publicly and advocates for subway riders in this city to also get a discount for having to adjust their commutes amid continued repair work across the five boroughs,» Adams said in a statement.
He then answered questions on the recently announced agreement with the City on funding the MTA's capital plan, including how an apparent logjam was broken, what it will mean for subway and bus riders and how he and Mayor de Blasio personally interacted in reaching this agreement.
All LIRR riders will be given a free transfer during the morning rush to New York City subways at Atlantic Terminal and Hunterspoint Avenue which have direct and easy connections to multiple subway lines.
7:00 AM — New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz continue their «Riders Respond Transit Tour» of the New York City subway system, which they will each ride -LSB-...]
A series of subway and commuter train crises last spring prompted the Democratic governor to declare a state of emergency for the city's transit system after predicting riders faced a «summer of hell.»
He's also said to want city money to subsidize half - price MetroCards for some 800,000 low - income subway riders, which de Blasio has opposed.
In backing Lhota, Cuomo is turning to a trusted hand to fix what has become an increasingly nightmarish situation for riders of the city's subway system.
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — City Councilman Brad Lander on Friday joined a group of elected officials who are riding the subway for 24 hours to get rider feedback about the crumbling system.
On Tues., July 24th, Transit Workers» Union Local 100, together with transit riders, elected officials and community advocates, gathered on City Hall's steps to announce the launch of the «Bring Back Our Buses and Subways» campaign and called on the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to restore all transit services cut in 2010.
The speaker also mentioned the $ 6.60 - per - rider subsidy for the the city's new ferry service to tout the subway subsidy that he says will cost $ 212 million per year.
Advocates say failing bus service is not just an issue of commuting, but also of equity — bus riders earn about 30 percent less than their subway counterparts, according to the city comptroller's office, and tend to be primarily immigrants and minorities.
«The fact of the matter is the Mayor abrogated his responsibilities to the riders of the New York City subway system last summer by pointing fingers, this way, that way, playing politics,» said TWU President John Samuelson.
While some riders told PIX11 they have seen some improvements since Governor Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the city's subway system last year, other riders said they are just fed - up with the delays.
And to help bus and subway riders across the city, Elmhurst's reps said the state would need to find new, dedicated revenue for transit.
Lhota said that while riders don't care about who owns what under the law, it could get the city to pump more money into the subway.
Michal Chubak, the chief financial officer of the agency, said at a City Council budget hearing Tuesday that the years - long decline in bus riders is partly to blame on improvements to subways around the cCity Council budget hearing Tuesday that the years - long decline in bus riders is partly to blame on improvements to subways around the citycity.
The cost and frequency of subway diversions has ballooned in recent years, all while riders are kept in the dark, a joint city - state audit found.
Just a week before Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota is due to present the MTA's 30 - day subway overhaul plan, Mayor Bill de Blasio has outlined his expectations for the MTA and Governor Andrew Cuomo — asserting that it is «time for the MTA to level with its New York City riders.»
«By the same measure, I would hope he speaks publicly and advocates for subway riders in this city to also get a discount for having to adjust their commutes amid continued repair work across the five boroughs.»
But Metro - North officials said they expect riders who would use the proposed lines to be primarily of city residents who use public transportation, and would get to the new stations by subway, bus or bike.