{"id":511345,"date":"2022-11-17T01:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/money-pit-mta-kept-paying-contractors-despite-bad-reviews-audit\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T01:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T22:27:42","slug":"money-pit-mta-kept-paying-contractors-despite-bad-reviews-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/money-pit-mta-kept-paying-contractors-despite-bad-reviews-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Money pit MTA kept paying contractors despite bad reviews: audit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b2ff2b69\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b2ff2b69\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/money-pit-mta-kept-paying-contractors-despite-bad-reviews-audit\/#%E2%80%9CMoney_pit_MTA_kept_paying_contractors_despite_bad_reviews_audit%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Money pit MTA kept paying contractors despite bad reviews: audit&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMoney_pit_MTA_kept_paying_contractors_despite_bad_reviews_audit%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Money pit MTA kept paying contractors despite bad reviews: audit&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The cash-str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed MTA allowed subpar contractors to continue working on its dime despite bad reviews, a new audit has found \u2014 the latest red flag for the agency as it advances controversial congestion tolls and seeks a bailout from Albany.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli\u2019s office audited MTA internal reviews of 10 unnamed, \u201crepeated less-than-satisfactory\u201d contractors \u2014 and found officials \u201cmissed opportunities\u201d to flag the troublesome ones, allowing at least two bad apples to slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite receiving at least three successive less-than-satisfactory ratings, three contractors were awarded a new contract,\u201d the comptroller\u2019s office wrote in its release on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"construction workers in an unfinished underground subway tunnel\" class=\"wp-image-24678595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The MTA\u2019s methods for reviewing poor performing contractors needs work, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin P. Coughlin \/ Office of the Governor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Comptroller Tom DiNapoli speaks at a podium at a campaign event. \" class=\"wp-image-24678585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Comptroller Tom DiNapoli campaigning for re-election last week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor one, we found a waiver signed by the agency\u2019s President. For the others, there was no documented rationale and required approvals supporting this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Auditors analyzed the MTA\u2019s use of a now-defunct system called \u201cAll-Agency Contractor Evaluation,\u201d or ACE, meant to flag construction contractors who go over budget, blow past their deadlines or make other costly mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 10 contractors whose reviews auditors studied, seven lacked documentation showing the companies\u2019 ACE ratings had been reviewed, the report said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-03.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"MTA CEO Janno Leiber\" class=\"wp-image-24678588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1500 1500w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1125 1125w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=750 750w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=375 375w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mta-contractors-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><figcaption>MTA CEO Janno Lieber led the MTA\u2019s construction division from 2017 to 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MTA\u2019s $55 billion five-year capital construction plan is set for more than $10 billion from the\u00a0bipartisan infrastructure bill\u00a0signed into law by President Biden last year.<\/p>\n<p>But the authority faces lingering questions about its spending \u2014 the first phase of the Second Avenue subway was the most expensive per-mile transit line ever. While officials insist they have taken steps to cut costs, the second phase is slated to cost even more.<\/p>\n<p>The MTA\u2019s controversial congestion pricing program would fund the authority\u2019s capital budget, which aims to deliver long-awaited subway signal upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, MTA CEO Janno Lieber has warned the agency will need an infusion of state cash to keep its operation budget running past 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The audit covered contracts dated January 2016 to March 2020, and an MTA spokesman argued in a statement that DiNapoli\u2019s findings are irrelevant and out-of-date since the agency no longer uses the ACE system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe audit is old <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> covering portions of the last decade, and since then\u00a0the MTA has consolidated its capital program into a single agency that has allowed for improved oversight with a new contract evaluation system,\u201d MTA spokesman Michael Cortez said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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