Sentences with phrase «city subway system last»

«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.

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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 subway system's decline has had an appreciable effect on the city's economy — a study by the Independent Budget Office last fall found that the constant delays cost residents about $ 864,000 per day in lost wages, and a study by Comptroller Scott Stringer's office noted that the figure could add up to $ 389 million per year if the transit system is not brought into a state of good repair.

Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio scored what seemed to be a win in his ongoing feud with Governor Andrew Cuomo over the deteriorating subway system: The city was able to temporarily block more than $ 200 million in upgrades, as part of the MTA's Enhanced Station Initiative, that would bring improvements to subway stops — but not the system's aging signals or other issues the city deemed more pressing.

Cuomo backed a congestion pricing as a means of funding the ailing mass transit and subway system in New York City, criticism of which for him reached a boiling point with strap hangers amid a series of delays and disruptions last summer.

The $ 530 million includes $ 254 million that the city has to contribute to an $ 836 million short - term emergency plan unveiled by MTA chairman Joe Lhota to fix the city's beleaguered subway system — which has been plagued by delays and service problems over the last several months — and $ 140 million less than the city had expected to receive in state aid for city schools.

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.»

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled New York's fiscal year 2019 budget on Tuesday, at last offering insight into how the state will begin to fund dire upgrades to the ailing New York City subway system.

Andy Byford, who headed Toronto's transit system until last month, now has the job of turning around subway and bus service in America's most populous city as the new president of New York City Trancity as the new president of New York City TranCity Transit.

«Anyone who has been an MTA customer in the five boroughs over the last few years can tell you that our City's subway system is crumbling.

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.

This time around, the meltdown of the city's subway system, which was not an issue the last time, seemed to provide a stronger argument for congestion pricing.

The plan, which would provide a link between Secaucus Junction, one of New Jersey's major transit hubs, and the New York City subway system, was floated by the Bloomberg administration last week in response to Christie's termination of a multi-billion dollar Hudson River rail project.

Over the last eight months, New York City's subway system has found itself caught in a feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been testing a new tap - to - pay system for the subway since last year, but a complete rollout will take years.