[beerbajay]

This is a terrible idea, and Cuomo has been widely condemned by transit advocates in NYC. It's insane that a plan that has been in the works for years is changed at the last minute by fiat of the governor. Also that they did not coordinate with the president of the New York City Transit Authority, Andy Byford. https://nypost.com/2019/01/04/cuomos-tunnel-experts-have-spe...

> The engineering team behind Gov. Cuomo’s miracle L-train cure has little experience working on transit projects — and spent a grand total of an hour evaluating the damage firsthand in the subway line’s tunnel

The new plan is to patch the tunnel rather than rebuild, which will clearly be a shorter-term solution for infrastructure that the DOT claimed was severely degraded.

Cuomo has controlled the MTA for EIGHT YEARS and except for the 2nd Ave subway has been useless in addressing its issues. He seems to be more interested in photo opportunities than actually fixing the budget, labor, infrastructure, and service issues that plague the subway.