Sentences with phrase «to pay for mass transit»
He lamented that Albany did not embrace his call for a tax increase on wealthy New Yorkers to pay for mass transit repairs and encouraged lawmakers to reconsider that policy in the future.
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The highway trust fund shouldn't be used to pay for mass transit, but instead roads, Katko said, or at least mass transit authorities should pay in too.
Mr. Stringer acknowledged in an interview on Monday that he would have to win support in Albany for his plan to work — no easy task at a Statehouse where suburban lawmakers are in open revolt against a payroll tax meant to pay for mass transit.
The NYT opines: «If (Cuomo) is serious about «a redesign of the M.T.A. on every level,» he should look for new ways to pay for mass transit.
The Governor in December 2015 announced support for a regional tax on gas to pay for mass transit but has failed to take any further steps.
New York state voters support congestion pricing to pay for mass transit, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today — the first Quinnipiac poll to focus on congestion pricing opinion outside of NYC.