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The failing NYC subway spends its money on opulent station makeovers, ski resorts, and $300,000 salaries for some employees

New Yorkers constantly gripe about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)-run subway system. But 2017 was particularly bad.

  • New Yorkers love to hate on the subway.
  • The New York Times investigated the subway system's particularly awful record for 2017.
  • It found a series of financial issues, and pointed to the MTA's money woes caused by fiscal mismanagement and pandering to unions.

New Yorkers constantly gripe about the . But 2017 was particularly egregious.

A subway car derailed injuring 39 people, an F

The New York Times examined how the situation became so disastrous, and pointed to the MTA's money woes caused by fiscal mismanagement and pandering to unions.

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In June, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a state of emergency for the failing subway system. But the problems, which were decades in the making, will likely take much more time and money to resolve.

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