Sentences with phrase «for emergency subway»
A directive to force the city to pay $ 418 million for emergency subway repairs, a measure Mr. de Blasio has resisted.
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After months of refusing to pay for emergency subway repairs, Mayor de Blasio on Saturday announced that the city would finally cough up its $ 418 - million share of the emergency repair plan created last year by MTA boss Joe Lhota.
Not exact matches
But he said the surcharge should be the same for all, higher than yellow and green cabs pay now, and be used to fund the emergency plan to fix the subways.
On Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrated achieving the full funding goal for the emergency action plan to fix the subway, but also used that moment to criticize the city, saying repairs would have gone a lot faster if the city had contributed sooner, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Cuomo this summer declared a «state of emergency» for the agency, which is shedding bus and subway riders after years of declining service.
Lhota informed MTA board members at a recent meeting that he would detail how he plans to pay for the $ 836 million emergency fix, and what the agency would prioritize in terms of work on the subway.
After months spent bickering over whether the city would contribute to this emergency fund to fix the subway, the city finally committed to spending $ 418 million toward the plan — this came with a «lock box» provision that ensures that these funds will only be used for subway repairs and nothing else.
Governor Cuomo says the city will also be required to pay for half of the $ 800 million emergency action plan for the subway.
He said the subways weren't his responsibility, but de Blasio now wants to tax wealthy New Yorkers to pay for everything from emergency rail repairs to low - cost bus and train rides for the poor.
However, with Cuomo recently declaring a state of emergency following the derailment of an A train at 125th Street as the latest in a myriad of transit issues, local officials are calling for a more direct plan for overhauling the subway system.
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.
That includes $ 174 million for the MTA's $ 836 million emergency subway improvement plan, of which the state has promised to fund 50 percent.
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.»
The state's $ 378 million emergency repair plan for the subway invests a relatively paltry $ 58 million in its antiquated signals.
Cuomo is at odds with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over who should pay for an $ 836 million subway emergency repair plan.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio issued separate declarations of a state of emergency (in the governor's case, for NYC, LI and parts of the Lower Hudson Valley), resulting in the closure of some roads, the LIRR and part of the subway system.
Just days after a Harlem subway train derailment last month where more than 30 people were injured, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the city's subways.
Last month Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, underscoring a problem that New York subway riders understand all too well: The M.T.A. relies heavily on emergency repairs because it does not conduct sufficient preventive upkeep.
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.
He said the subways weren't his responsibility, but Mayor Bill de Blasio now wants to tax wealthy New Yorkers to pay for everything from emergency rail repairs to low - cost bus and train rides for the poor.
Ep 5 - 30 Days — July 13, 2017 — Ben Max of GG, Maria Doulis of CBC, & guest Jamison Dague, director of infrastructure studies at Citizens Budget Commission discuss issues facing the city's subway system, recent announcements made by Governor Andrew Cuomo that relate to the MTA, CBC analysis of transit system problems, and what to watch for as the MTA enters its summer «state of emergency.»
we were joined by Jamison Dague of CBC, who discussed issues facing the city's subway system, recent announcements made by Governor Andrew Cuomo that relate to the MTA, CBC analysis of transit system problems, and what to watch for as the MTA enters its summer «state of emergency.»
After MTA Chair Joe Lhota put forth an emergency subway action plan and asked the city and state to split the $ 836 million price tag, Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed and de Blasio balked, saying the city should not be on the hook for any more funds and insisting that the state repay money it had raided from the MTA — ironically, the same $ 456 million figure now being asked of the city.
In the last 10 days, Mr. Cuomo has also engaged in fresh public battles with Mr. de Blasio, his longtime Democratic rival, calling elements of his record «repugnant,» threatening to declare a state of emergency in the city's public housing and working closely with the City Council to secure money for the subways that the mayor has resisted spending.
Governor Cuomo's declaration of a state emergency after the Harlem subway derailment in June offered hope to suffering transit riders because it was an acknowledgement there was a crisis and the Governor was taking responsibility for addressing it.
She can walk to the Longevity Center for her frequent infusions and, after that, to her job as an emergency physician at Capital Hospital without being trapped in a car, a subway, a plane.
«Spinoff technologies based on the plug, include covers for subway stairwells and fabric flood walls that can be deployed in an instant during an emergency.