How bad are the finances of the state-controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority? Last week, the MTA was forced to borrow money from the Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank and the lender of last resort to financial companies – not transit authorities. As the months tick by without the help of …
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The MTA with cash will no longer offer free taxi rides to commuters who have been severely affected by nightly closure of the Gov. metro. Andrew Cuomo, said officials of passage Friday. The program, which serves about 1,500 people a night who face “too long journeys” as a result of …
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QUEENS, New York (WABC) – A continuing vandalism involving broken windows on subways could soon force the MTA to cut back on service. Wednesday night, 39 windows were smashed into a 7 train at Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue stations in Queens. This is yet another incident added to a …
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A space of more than 400 wrecked subway windows in four months has put the MTA on the brink of a glass shortage, transit officials said. “We had a reserve of glass when this wave started in May. We walked through the reservation, “said MTA spokesman Tim Minton about the …
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QUEENS, New York (WABC) – A continuing vandalism involving broken windows on subways could soon force the MTA to cut back on service. Wednesday night, 39 windows were smashed into a 7 train at Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue stations in Queens. This is yet another incident added to a …
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