Hostility on the state and federal levels toward the idea of letting the city’s tax dollars be used to support the city instead of the rest of the state/nation.

Hostility on the state and federal levels toward the idea of letting the city’s tax dollars be used to support the city instead of the rest of the state/nation. NYC contributes WAY more in tax money than it receives in state and federal funding. Car brain that causes people to resist investments in transit. Failure to recognize how much transit and especially the subway contributes to the city’s function as an economic engine.