The Governor of new York Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for new York city transit authority (MTA), stating that citizens will no longer tolerate torture, resorting to the services of the MTA.
Cuomo said he has declared a state of emergency to hasten the MTA with the process of reorganization and redistribution of money in a more effective way to improve service. The main task — to accelerate the purchase of necessary equipment and repair. Thus the Governor noted that the subway system of new York is the most problematic component of the system MTA.
The Executive order signed by the Governor today, MTA Chairman Joe Lot instructed to reorganize the activities of the MTA for the next 30 days.
«We can’t achieve our mission without the trust of our customers,» said Lhota. «Therefore, moving forward and implementing our plans, we will show the progress that we want to show in the conversion of MTA».
Over the next 60 days to the Executive Director of MTA Ronnie Hakim , together with the Lot assigned to assess the need of administration in new equipment. And within the next 90 days should be the analysis of problems with power supply network which has seen massive delays in the subway and the suggested solutions.
On improvement of performance of MTA and the fight against «torture» for the citizens of the state, using public transportation, new York is ready to allocate about $ 1 billion. The news, announced by the Governor during a speech at the MTA Transit Genius Challenge, were perceived by the public with great enthusiasm. The Governor received a standing ovation.
