State Legislators Fill MTA Fiscal Hole, Reject Fare Hike — But Don’t Expand Service
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Advocates, needless to say, are pissed off.
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Tuesday Headlines: Albany Budget Battle Edition
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The legislative elves of Albany have been busy putting together their responses to Gov. Hochul's proposed budget, a treasured step in the yearly budget dance. On Monday night, we finally learned some details.
Thursday’s Headlines: The Minimum They Could Do Edition
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Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced that she would raise the salary levels at which New Yorkers could qualify for the Fare Fairs half-priced rides program. Plus other news.
Analysis: Hochul Turns Her Back on Transit Riders With Her MTA Budget
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Gov. Hochul's budget not only asks city residents to cover the largest chunk of the MTA's budget gap, but does so in part by continuing long-running practices that essentially under-fund the MTA by millions of dollars each year.
Adams To Albany: Someone Fund The MTA; Albany To Adams: Someone Fund The MTA
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The fight to fill the MTA's fiscal hole is entering the dreaded Punt Zone, where elected officials from the governor and the State Legislature to the mayor all unite to say someone else has got to solve their problem.
ON THEIR MARKS: Legislators Demand More from Hochul’s MTA Budget Proposal
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On your mark, get set, go ... tell the governor to do better.