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Big NYT article, but it doesn't look like anyone posted it yet.
How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways
Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year. But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation shows.
By Brian M. Rosenthal, Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Michael LaForgia
None of this happened on its own. It was the result of a series of decisions by both Republican and Democratic politicians... They stripped a combined US$1.5 billion from the MTA by repeatedly diverting tax revenues earmarked for the subways and also by demanding large payments for financial advice, information technology help and other services that transit leaders say the authority could have done without...
Historically, the city has funded about 10 per cent of the MTA's total budget. Mr Giuliani decided to change that in 1994, when he became the city's first Republican mayor in two decades. Facing a budget shortfall and eager to show he could run the city without raising taxes, he announced he would cut the city's contribution to the MTA's operating and capital budgets by US$400 million.
Big NYT article, but it doesn't look like anyone posted it yet.
How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways
Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year. But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation shows.
By Brian M. Rosenthal, Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Michael LaForgia
None of this happened on its own. It was the result of a series of decisions by both Republican and Democratic politicians... They stripped a combined US$1.5 billion from the MTA by repeatedly diverting tax revenues earmarked for the subways and also by demanding large payments for financial advice, information technology help and other services that transit leaders say the authority could have done without...
Historically, the city has funded about 10 per cent of the MTA's total budget. Mr Giuliani decided to change that in 1994, when he became the city's first Republican mayor in two decades. Facing a budget shortfall and eager to show he could run the city without raising taxes, he announced he would cut the city's contribution to the MTA's operating and capital budgets by US$400 million.
****** ********, 24, from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, began having anxiety attacks on the subway this summer and now follows a careful routine to keep calm during delays.
“I think that that’s something that the M.T.A. should be thinking about,” *** ********* said. “It’s not just about the inconvenience of being late to work. There’s this mental health aspect.”
Seriously???????
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Yes, I knew someone who got serious panic attacks from taking the subway and that person is still going to the therapist. She had to take to bus until someone began taking the subway with her; eventually is made her feel comfortable again taking the subway.
Yes, I knew someone who got serious panic attacks from taking the subway and that person is still going to the therapist. She had to take to bus until someone began taking the subway with her; eventually is made her feel comfortable again taking the subway.
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"The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence
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