Friday’s Headlines: Gov. Hochul Heard Us Edition
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That Penn Station plan … plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kathy Hochul
Gov. Hochul’s Penn Station Tax Giveaway Makes Less Sense Than Ever
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Emails show collaboration between the state's economic development agency and a real estate firm headed by a major donor to Gov. Hochul. Will taxpayers be holding the bag (again)?
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.
MTA Could Nix Fare Hikes with Just $350M More Per Year, Lieber Says
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The MTA could avert plans to hike subway and bus fares to nearly $3 if lawmakers come up with another $350 million in annual funding, its chairperson and CEO Janno Lieber said Monday.
STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION: Hochul to Roll Out Higher Fines for Plate Covering, Plus Give Cops Power to Remove
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It's the first action by state or local government since Streetsblog began a three-month social media campaign to expose New York drivers who cover, obscure, deface, bend or even foliate their license plates.