“The MTA’s overall COVID-related expense estimate is approximately $500 million for 2020 alone, with similarly substantial totals projected for the next four years,” Foye wrote in a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency leader Pete Gaynor.
“[These expenses] are inextricably linked to the pandemic and efforts to minimize public health risk during this critical time, and would not be necessary otherwise,” he said.
“Denying that public health reality smacks of not only ignorance but incompetence.”
More than 130 MTA employees have died from COVID-19. Officials have in turn distributed millions of masks to both employees and riders, and disinfected trains and buses daily.
But the rule change set for Sept. 15 prohibits COVID-19 funding for the virus-safe operation of mass transit, schools and other public facilities because they “are not immediate actions necessary to protect public health and safety.”
5 comments:
Are we surprised? Just like the social security deferments for DoD employees and soldiers, they have to repay them next year so they'll have DOUBLE deductions. Clueless administration.
I have to buy my own masks. Why shouldn't subway workers and riders?
Who cares --why should our tax $ pay for something that is a NY state obligation. The Trump administration has done a fantastic job with this china virus. After Trump wins 2020 its time to try and secure 2024 as the crooked democrats basically stole his first term and thereby deprived the American people of many policies that could have benefited us like the repeal of thousands of crappy regulations! the Russia Hoax allowed the dims to take control of the house which has been a disaster! president trump deserves a 3rd term in office!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's all about money with these corrupt crooked dumbocrats.
Just like Tony Soprano!
Northwest Woodsman: Thumb your noses at my president and suffer the consequences. He plays hardball and you don’t want to push your Marxist agendas with him.
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