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Mayor Bill de Blasio said that if the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority doesn’t fix the problems plaguing New York City’s subway
system, he’d prefer that the city take over responsibility of it—and
called on both the MTA and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to present a plan to the
city to address the “mounting” delays, disruptions and public
complaints.
Delays and breakdowns in the massive transit system have swelled to
the point of crisis in recent months, with both the mayor and the
governor blaming long and systemic disinvestment—though the rival
Democrats have both demanded the other cough up more funds for new cars
and repairs. The mayor rode the uptown C train from Penn Station to the
American Museum of Natural History yesterday, according to the New York Times, noting that his last subway ride was on April 19.
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Source: Observer.com (via The Empire Report)
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