“In planning for the next year, we are facing an unprecedented $6 billion state budget gap. Medicaid cuts could reverse years of progress at NYC Health + Hospitals and impact health care for the most vulnerable. We will work with our partners in Albany to continue to find savings while fighting to protect health care […]
Toll Payer Advocate Program Announced
Since cashless tolls made their New York debut motorists have reported a wide range of problems. From excessive, non-negotiable late penalties many times that of the original tolls, not receiving notices, registration suspensions, and refusal of the agencies to offer payment plans. In response State legislators Tom Abinanti (Assembly) and David Carlucci (Senate) proposed a […]
Trucks: Not the MTA’s ATM
The notion that trucks don’t pay their fair share and should pay additional fees to enter midtown Manhattan just to fund the MTA is absurd. There’s no free ride for trucks. Truckers pay 4-5 times higher registration fees than cars and pay additional surcharges if registered in the metro area. They also pay a mileage-based […]
An Open Letter to Veronica Vanterpool and the MTA Board of Directors
Dear Ms. Vanterpool, It is no surprise that you, a member of the MTA’s board took to selling Move NY’s flawed congestion pricing scheme in the pages of the NY Daily News (Mayor, Get Behind Progressive Congestion Pricing). It’s more pork for your agency but is a bad deal for NYC. The plan calls for […]
Not Another Penny!
Did you hear the one about how the agency with a $15 billion operating budget and a 5-year $30 billion capital plan doesn’t have money? Yes, apparently the MTA is so starved for cash that we must, MUST start tolling the currently un-tolled East River crossings….or tax millionaires…or increase the mansion tax… But before debating […]