The chief executive, Janno Lieber, said the agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, would emphasize “basic stuff to make sure the system doesn’t fall apart” after Gov.
Kathy Hochul’s abrupt move last week to halt a congestion-pricing plan that was to finance capital projects.
Mr. Lieber, speaking at a news conference where he was joined by a group of grim-faced authority executives, said Ms. Hochul’s decision would force the M.T.A.
to shrink its current capital budget, and could potentially affect its next budget and even ripple into day-to-day operations.
Among the future projects at risk was the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway line, he said.
Persons:
Janno Lieber, Kathy Hochul’s, Lieber, Hochul’s
Organizations:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Locations:
New York