Too much money went into Eastside Access! I wonder if they are recovering costs at all. Took the inaugural ride, expected lots more people, but wonder what daily ridership is like. Most people get no reprise from taking the train from Jamaica to Grand Central.

Has anyone ridden the new train?

They give you an envelope to get refunded lost money on a lost or stolen card.

They used to take money or credit card payments but that may no longer exists.

Adding taxes to Amazon to pay for BQE when people are using Amazon less,inquiring minds know! (think ) that’s another project going down the tube in costs, totally messing up that community! Hochul doesn’t have a clue.

Worked on that job, 2nd Ave, (design companies)someone walked away with a lot of money and no one was accountable.

Workers loved me, (MTA) but corrupt company (Design Firms) management replaced me with an incompetent, figured they had an excuse to get rid of me, laid me off after my mom died! Someone really disliked good accountability and compliant behavior.

My manager was let go some years later, he was also a great engineer.

At one time there was accountability, newly elected politicians deleted entities that held them accountable and now, it seems MTA reports to no one. DeBlasio was the worst I’ve ever seen. Eric, we’ll see, but his background makes me think he’s in over his head!

Money set aside for work in the federal level has been spent without anyone checking the books to see what really happened.

Those of us who cares were let go, racial profiling was a part of being let go, but more so it was those who no longer wanted to be part of the corrupt system just burning tax dollars.

If you all only knew the deep dark truth, you’d really be cursing!

To AJx: The politicians in France worked hand in hand with their Transot leaders to make sure costs were low, people could still travel and improve ridership.

France, Japan even Canada have sophisticated cost plans that make their subway projects way more cost worth your money.

Attended Cuomos so-called genius program. Met some intelligent engineers from Japan.

New York transit is managed by a cesspool of wasteful public transit managers with workers who are not even close up to any American standard of industry we once had.

Designed subway caverns!

The tunnels for 2nd Ave Subwaynhave been underground since the seventies connecting 96th, 110th, 116th and 125th. Caverns (or platforms) must be built, utilities & track need to be llaid and connected to caverns(which must be built out).

There was money for all of this, should have been included in the 96th street opening. Was in the design team before AECOM bought out all of the small pure engineering firms.

MTA is supposed to publish all costs due to usi g taxpayer money, but politicians do not hold them accountable neither do taxpayers.

I applaud the NYPost, when they want to report for the people they step it up. Many of my friends are gone, but they all said if you want to know what’s going on in NYC, ya gotta read the post.

Unions have less power than overpaid, rogue contractors paying leads $400K, no one cares if they finish design in time without error.

The best and compliant contractors are never hired anymore. Rogue contractors come here for the money, leave without work completed. When we worked, people high up in the the MTA when asked who was the client during a Project Managent training exercise had no clue! It was unbelievable.

A contractor wanted to hire me, a Hindu male was hired, she wanted me to sue. Perhaps I should have, but finding a good lawyer at the time was not happening.

I have many stories re: refusing to hire quality people to do the design , engineering and construction for MTA. It’s gotta be a mess now!

Nope! There’s never oversight on the companies completing jobs. There was once oversight but breakdown of common communication is one major problem (inaudible English) costs MTA more money than naught in engineering processes.

They destroyed Community Boards which once held that power. Young voters have no idea how quickly they destroyed the power of community.

EDCs are the governing body, not the mayor, not the commissioners. The young need to wake up and take the power back before it’s 100% gone!