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As a public agency, are these numbers not available? If not, why? I wouldn’t expect them to buy a special section in The NY Times to publish them to the world
by brewdad 3y ago
As a public agency, are these numbers not available? If not, why?
I wouldn’t expect them to buy a special section in The NY Times to publish them to the world but surely the numbers are available to someone willing to put in a little work to find them.
- woodruffw 3y agoThe MTA is a state (not city) authority, not an agency. It's effectively a quasi-private corporation[1] with board members who are appointed by elected officials, with special carveouts that allow them to be less transparent than an equivalent agency would be. The use of authorities in NY law is pretty old, but Robert Moses was the one responsible for really widely encouraging their use; it wouldn't be unreasonable to argue that the MTA's culture of secrecy and opacity is largely a product of Moses' own power plays. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_public-benefit_corporations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_public-benefit_...