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by bob_theslob646 3107 days ago
I find this incredibly off putting since the city cannot even account for its own wasteful budget.

There is nothing wrong with accountability and am glad they are starting somewhere but until they start holding others like the ones who purposesly destroy on time metrics of transit in order to keep thier salary gravy train choo-chooing, I am not holding my breath.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subw...

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> Signal problems and car equipment failures occur twice as frequently as a decade ago, but hundreds of mechanic positions have been cut because there is not enough money to pay them — even though the average total compensation for subway managers has grown to nearly $300,000 a year.

That's a pretty incredible quote from the article above, since it's an average...