#To get riders back the MTA must curb fare evasion

#To get riders back the MTA must curb fare evasion

“To get riders back the MTA must curb fare evasion” With ridership at about 60% of pre-COVID normal, the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority has huge problems getting people back on trains right now and faces huge budget deficits in the future. There’s a place where these two problems crash into each other: fare evasion. The…

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#Eric Adams must govern without gimmicks to turn NYC around

#Eric Adams must govern without gimmicks to turn NYC around

“Eric Adams must govern without gimmicks to turn NYC around” Mayor Eric Adams just had a bad week. It wasn’t that anything particularly awful happened last week, fortunately — an unusual spell sadly broken by the death Sunday of firefighter Timothy Klein in Brooklyn. It’s that without the constant stimulation of crisis, all the mayor’s…

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