The Inheritance Tax addresses this directly by mildly mitigating the magnitude of the fortunes that wealthy heirs inherent, and paying for social programs that increase the social mobility of everyone else.
Cuomo's office defended the governor's subway record in a statement, citing funding of the state's half of the Subway Action Plan, a proposal to send mobilitytax revenue directly to the MTA and an $ 8.6 billion investment in the capital program.