On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 2:36:34 PM UTC-4, Daniel Convissor wrote:   
      
   > ...In his letter, [MTA] Chairman [Pendergrast] went on to suggest specific   
   > dollar amounts: An extra $200 million per year from the city for the next   
   five   
   > years (on top of the $125 million annually de Blasio agreed to in May), plus   
   > $1.5 billion to jumpstart the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway. It   
   would   
   > then be on the State to fund the rest of the plan, to the tune of $7.3   
   billion   
   > (on top of its current annual contribution of $1 billion)...   
      
   IMHO, some neutral educated outsiders ought to be look at the capital budget   
   request to see if the numbers are realistic and reasonable for what they want   
   to do.  For instance, the Second Ave Subway is costing an enormous fortune and   
   taking forever to    
   build.   
      
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