New York: State lawmakers grill New York City transit agency chief during budget hearing

By The Associated Press, New York Daily News; January 25, 2018

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of dollars being spent to fix New York City’s beleaguered public transit system are beginning to pay off, with subway service “starting to show better results,” the head of the Metropolitan Transportation told state lawmakers Thursday.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $836 million “subway action plan” launched last summer to fix the city’s subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

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