To fund MTA’s $68B rebuild plan, nab fare-beaters, squeeze riders, taxpayers: watchdog
New York officials must seriously crack down on getting fares to fund the MTA's newly proposed $68.4 billion, five-year capital plan recommended by a new report released Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul will also need to scrap her $3 billion “inflebate” check program to New York taxpayers proposed in her executive budget plan, dedicating the state's […]
California still losing residents amid looming $68B deficit
California residents will continue to leave the state in 2023, with reports of many defectors heading to Arizona, Texas, Florida and North Carolina. After 410,000 residents left the state in 2020-2021 and an additional 340,000 in 2021-2022, the Golden State has a $38 billion deficit and is expected to continue in 2023. Multiple reports indicate […]