> Have any politicians pledged to solve the problems? Much the opposite, unfortunately. The governor, Andrew Cuomo, is in charge of the MTA. He 1. Falsely clai

> Have any politicians pledged to solve the problems? Much the opposite, unfortunately. The governor, Andrew Cuomo, is in charge of the MTA. He 1. Falsely claims that he is not in charge of the MTA and denies any responsibility for its problems. 2. Wastes resources on frivolous projects he thinks will look good when he runs for president. For example, he championed a project to put WiFi on buses. This was pointless for most New Yorkers because you could already just use LTE. 3. sometimes, similarly, forces the MTA into idiotic schemes. See the debacle when Cuomo decided he’d like to be the L train hero https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/02/13/cuomos-new-l-train-shutdown-plan-is-as-bad-as-we-expected/ https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/02/13/cuomos-new-l-train-sh... 4. In April, Cuomo reportedly felt that MTA chief (and true subway hero) Andy Byford was getting too much credit for improving the subway and allegedly came close to firing Byford. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/nyregion/cuomo-andy-byford-mta.amp.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/nyregion/cuomo-andy-byfor... Ultimately, the MTA is a mess because of misplaced accountability. The governor needs to appeal to upstate voters to get elected, and only NYC people care about the subway. Ideally, the mayor of NYC should control the MTA and be accountable for its performance. In practice, many New Yorkers falsely believe the mayor is in charge(!), thanks in large part to Cuomo’s misinformation campaign in #1 above.