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brooklynite

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9. You would be....very, VERY wrong

Reply to George II (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 11:36 PM

Sep 2018

The MTA is a State Agency. The Governor makes all appointments to the Board (the Chair and 4 members directly, others based on nominations from NYC and County officials), and the State approves the Capital Program.

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I wish it would have been a campaign on the issues.... George II Sep 2018 #1

Yeah, she should have made it on the issues. Instead she just made herself look bad. n/t pnwmom Sep 2018 #4

Issue like the MTA? Marijuana? Water quality upstate? brooklynite Sep 2018 #5

Yes, but she didn't do her homework. The MTA is a city entity, not a state entity. George II Sep 2018 #8

You would be....very, VERY wrong brooklynite Sep 2018 #9

Actually from what I read and heard she was complaining about the subway system. when I lived there George II Sep 2018 #13

The City hasn't owned the subway since 1968 when the MTA was formed. brooklynite Sep 2018 #14

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