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Gov. Cuomo on MTA Management Revamp and Congestion Pricing Deal
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks Amazon, the MTA and more of the latest in New York State political news.
"Mayor de Blasio and I issued a joint plan today that will bring management reforms to the MTA and congestion pricing to the MTA as an ongoing funding stream," says @NYGovCuomo.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 26, 2019"I'm a Queens boy as you know," @NYGovCuomo tells @BrianLehrer. He says it's not true that many outer boro residents are really driving into Manhattan that often. It's more people coming from CT and NJ
— Brigid Bergin (@brigidbergin) February 26, 2019"I'm a Queens boy as you know," @NYGovCuomo tells @BrianLehrer. He says it's not true that many outer boro residents are really driving into Manhattan that often. It's more people coming from CT and NJ
— Brigid Bergin (@brigidbergin) February 26, 2019"You have NYC Transit Authority... then the LIRR, then MetroNorth…. They’re like separate fiefdoms, trying to get them to talk to one another is difficult, that all has to be collapsed," says @NYGovCuomo on how the @MTA was set up as a "holding company" in the 1960s.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 26, 2019"I don't know what plurality means when it comes to control of an entity," -@NYGovCuomo to @BrianLehrer, continuing to push back on notion that he, as the governor, exercises effective control of the MTA.
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) February 26, 2019Congesting pricing plan to go into effect Dec. 2020, no fees on FDR Drive. Fees start in biz district defined as starting at 61st Street, acc. to @NYGovCuomo on @BrianLehrer@WNYC Also includes some re-org plans for @MTAhttps://t.co/3sc19qHXLn
— patricia willens (@pwillens) February 26, 2019