Gothamist: MTA Will Fight Cuomo Over E-ZPass Perks

snowman

Thu, 29 May 2008 12:25:20 -0500

"The MTA says that the passes are a small thank you to board members who serve without compensation." Any one drive over the Verrazano recently? Thats 9 bucks these days... And JenChungsBra - it IS a big deal... Handing out free ezpasses to your cronies that don't generate a cent in revenue is an injustice to the rest of the city who pays the tolls out of their pockets. It's just a 'small thank you'?? Try kick-back... To my mind it is nothing short of corruption - and corruption just begets more corruption. I can't believe they are willing to try and fight this - it seems like such a blatant abuse of the system. ...Just another reason to be disgusted with the MTA.

driftwood

Thu, 29 May 2008 12:14:18 -0500

So what if a couple of old guys, who probably are driven around most of the time, use these cards a handful of times a year. I'm sure there are much more important things for the MTA to fight, that actually waste more money or cause bad service to the public.

Think twice

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:03:16 -0500

What is the MTA fighting for? To save face?! I hope the MTA takes this case so far that the Attorney General's office makes a full investigation into their finances and practices. I'll happily give Cuomo a crusade.

abcohen

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:48:26 -0500

Thank you MTA for taking this to court! Its pretty lame to think that the working class will pay $3 a subway ride because of your legal fees! It also goes to show that they only Mr. Hemmerdinger only cares for the rich.

shovel

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:06:45 -0500

I just wonder why the MTA is so hell bent on allocating resources to fight this in court.

JenChungsBra

Thu, 29 May 2008 09:37:31 -0500

This is so much hubbub over nothing. In the grand scheme of things it makes no difference whether a few old MTA board members have free passes. It's just a stupid emotional issue that the media is making a stink over. I do agree with Cuomo that if the law says board members are supposed to be uncompensated then free passes probably are against the law, but if it's so darned important to him why didn't he do anything about it before the Daily News called to ask him about it?