MTA’s reckless spending habits: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: MTA’s request for an additional $4 billion to forestall one other “Summer of Hell” on subways.
The corruption and incompetence of the people operating the MTA is astounding (“MTA wants another $4B to stave off summer subway chaos,” March 20).
How a lot money is misplaced not implementing fare-evasion legal guidelines? I feel if the federal authorities funds the MTA, then it ought to include DOGE-type scrutiny. If corruption is discovered, then the Justice Department ought to become involved.
Dan Gardner
Staten Island
When are we going to confess the MTA is extraordinarily poorly run?
We are throwing money down a rat’s gap and nothing modifications. Its managers can’t even work out how to gather fares. That alone would increase their money circulation tremendously. Every project they invest in is over price range and by no means completed on time. The subways are filthy and harmful.
It’s time to finish the madness and overhaul all the company, as a result of the people operating it now are completely incompetent.
We can’t simply keep throwing money at this catastrophe and count on it to get higher. It will proceed to supply dangerous service, unsafe circumstances and ridiculous spending as a result of of the dangerous management.
Gene Lindsay
Mastic
It’s long overdue that New York taxpayers get a DOGE-type audit with the findings made public, paying explicit consideration to the MTA.
Jumping the subway turnstiles is very similar to shoplifting as of late: There is no worry of any penalties.
James Long
Queens
Well, right here they go again: MTA leaders are crying they need more money.
If these managers weren’t so incompetent, they’d not need that outrageous sum to run the system and make upgrades.
Harvey Kaye
Brooklyn
The MTA has gone off the rails with its pie-in-the-sky enchancment plan.
The $68 billion invoice is more than some states’ total budgets. It couldn’t come up with a $10 or $20 billion plan?
Not one extra penny ought to go in direction of the MTA till the public sees the place each penny goes. The people need a forensic audit.
Mike Lapinga
Staten Island
Get opinions and commentary from our columnists
Subscribe to our every day Post Opinion e-newsletter!
Thanks for signing up!
The Issue: Columbia University agreeing to President Trump’s calls for after threats to cancel $400 million.
It took the risk of President Trump withholding $400 million in federal funds to get Columbia’s administration to sing a completely different tune relating to protesters (“Money is the king at lefty colleges,” Michael Goodwin, March 23).
I assume Jewish college students being assaulted and prevented from attending class wasn’t enough to arrest these hooligans. This reveals the degree of antisemitism within Columbia. It’s time to see these haters get fired.
Saul Mishaan
Brooklyn
Trump mustn’t release the $400 million grant till he has proof that the college has truly complied together with his calls for. A monitor needs to be assigned to report to the president when progress has been made.
If the varsity receives the money too quickly, then the president’s future threats won’t be taken critically.
J.J. Crovatto
Ramsey, NJ
I couldn’t agree more with Trump’s actions to cut back antisemitism in faculties, however I learn that Columbia agreed to nominate a senior vice provost to supervise school departments which are hotbeds of antisemitism.
Why not simply close these down? Why does Columbia enable such issues within the curriculum?
These colleges charge college students for indoctrination, not an training.
Charlie Honadel
Venice, Fla.
Want to weigh in on right now’s tales? Send your ideas (alongside together with your full title and metropolis of residence) to letters@nypost.com. Letters are subject to modifying for readability, size, accuracy, and magnificence.
