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February 2, 2007

MTA panel eyes cost cuts

MetroNY
By Patrick Arden

Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials admitted yesterday that the agency’s 2005-09 capital program is running over budget, but they refused to say whether any scheduled projects would be delayed or scrapped.
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“They don’t deny that it’s a problem,” [Gene Russianoff, senior attorney for the Straphangers Campaign] said, but “they are going to have to look for additional revenue. This is an agency that’s awash in red ink, both on the operating side and on the capital side.”

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NoLandGrab: Snap! MTA officials are probably damn sorry they approved Bruce Ratner's low-ball bid for the Vanderbilt Railyards in 2005.

Posted by lumi at February 2, 2007 6:56 AM