Governor Cuomo is Right about the MTA

People are criticizing Governor Andrew Cuomo for calling the MTA a Frankenstein? Guess what, folks: that's exactly what it is. Does anyone remember when the MTA raised the fare from $1.50 to $2.00? It had claimed a deficit that turned out to be a 600 million dollar surplus. The municipal Court ruled that the MTA had cooked the books, and ordered the MTA to roll the fare back to $1.50. It was supposed to happen within 2 weeks of the fare increase. Instead, the MTA declared that it wasn't subject to the court's jurisdiction, because it's an "authority." We never heard anymore about the subject after that. People should have gone to jail! Fraud was committed. What the city or the state should have done at that point was to take the fight to a higher court--as far as the Supreme Court, if necessary. Instead, the MTA got away with crimes that should have put the people responsible in prison for years. Is the MTA a Frankenstein's monster? Damn straight!