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MTA chief Prendergast seeks $300M in city funding, calls service a 'bargain'
2015-06-02 03:19:39| Railroads - Topix.net
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast testifies at a hearing of the New York City Council Committees on Transportation and Finance on Monday June 1, 2015. Photo Credit: Bryan R. Smith / Bryan R. Smith Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast testifies at a hearing of the New York City Council Committees on Transportation and Finance on Monday June 1, 2015.
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MTA Officers Give Turnstile Jumper More Than Just a Ticket - They Help Him Land a Job
2015-05-29 19:32:46| Railroads - Topix.net
After jumping a turnstile at a Staten Island train station, Sangeeth Wijesinghe was given a ticket - and a new job. On April 15, Wijesinghe's wife paid her train fare before her husband jumped over the barrier at the Tompkinsville station, according to the Staten Island Advance .
MTA: Suspended A Train Service Caused by Copper Wire Theft
2015-05-27 17:48:42| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says a "massive" copper cable theft is to blame for this morning's A train delays in Queens affecting hundreds of thousands of riders. The agency says it was discovered late Tuesday night when a northbound A train lost power north of the Howard Beach station.
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NYC comptroller says city pays 'invisible fare' to run MTA
2015-05-27 08:39:25| Railroads - Topix.net
New York City is spending so much to run the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that it amounts to an "invisible fare" of $130 a month per household, City Comptroller Scott Stringer charged in a report released Tuesday. Stringer said an analysis by his office shows that in addition to the $5.3 billion city residents paid in fares and tolls last year, New Yorkers paid $4.8 billion in taxes, subsidies and direct expenditures to the MTA.
Staten Island needs Allen Cappelli on the MTA board
2015-05-26 17:46:37| Railroads - Topix.net
Allen Cappelli, whose six-year term is due to end in June, is the only Staten Islander on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. By a 10-1 vote a few months ago, members of the board at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the latest round of toll hikes on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
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