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November 2, 2006
Mr. Inside Track Helps You Understand the MTA
If you've been wondering why the MTA seems more like a public trough than a public agency, highlighted by the recent attempts to give away land to well connected developers (Bruce Ratner got the Atlantic Terminal development rights for next to nothing before people started noticing), you'll want to check out this scene from the Transit Museum benefit dinner, described by "Mr. Inside Track" at StreetsBlog:
Nagaraja, said the speaker who introduced him, "will be responsible for $20 billion dollars worth of construction contracts in the coming years."
For a brief moment, the clinking of silverware stopped. A hush fell over the crowd. Then the room burst into applause. It was like Derek Jeter hit a walk-off homerun in the seventh game of the World Series. The clapping intensified and continued. The New York City Transit World rose to a standing ovation and surged into full-throated cheering, pumping fists and ear-piercing whistles. It went on. Nagaraja smiled and waved.
Posted by lumi at November 2, 2006 8:05 AM