So you tax drivers to fix the MTA then come back and say "that isn't enough. Every NY resident has to give us money and we're going to tax you for it" Gtfoh
They aren't even fixing the MTA. They're building elevators- helping the smallest possible number of people because they know they have carte blanche to steal as much as they need from us.
Meanwhile what is MTA doing for the people remember their not a charity. They're a buisness. Why should we be forced to bail them out against. When we lose our jobs or homes we don't get the same luxury.
Hahaha, that was quicker than expected. They didn’t even try or even pretended to improve the infrastructure first. Gotta love about how it’s only about “filling the hole” for them rather than being more efficient and abating corruption. To everyone who supported the congestion tax, you absolutely got clowned, again.
A $33 billion shortfall is a staggering amount, and it naturally raises questions about management practices, oversight, and financial accountability within the MTA. Calls for deeper investigations into how such a shortfall developed could indeed shed light on potential mismanagement, inefficiencies, or structural issues.
Not saying there isn't inefficiency in the system, there definitely is, but another issue is that the MTA is owned and funded by New York State not NYC. NYC in general doesn't get a lot of funding from the state even though it generates a vast majority of the tax revenue so a part of it really is that they don't get enough money do much.
Exactly!People think somehow they will miraculously avoid this congestion tax and it does not affect everyone and everything. This is an absolute circus. It was never going to make anything including traffic better. This has always been about how the MTA can continue to have a steady stream of income.
And they allow certain groups of people to not pay to ride the buses and trains and now want the people who do pay their fares, as well as work and pay taxes, to pay more to cover the supposedly “oppressed “ groups.
so much corruption going on in MTA and NYPD. I know several people working there owns multiple homes, which is mind-blowing. Who've thought working as a blue collar worker can earn that much? Why no one audited them?
@@SkiLLz1986 alot of these cops don't even actually do any work in their OT, they just stand around the subways not actually patrolling. And then there are cops that get OT but didn't even do OT, aka time fraud.
How about cutting the outrageous over time for MTA workers? All of the salaries are public record. People that don't even have college diplomas making $150-200k a year.
Why cut the middle man when they service the city ? where would they live ? NYC is expensive as it is now you talking about cutting ppl pay that’s doing what they are suppose to do ? Cut the money of the higher ups not the foot soldiers
How long before the MTA starts garnishing our wages??? Because how much more can they take from us all? @1:46 "Everything's gotta be on the table" except for the MTA's books, because if their books were on the table, many would have to answer to the feds
The MTA has been in a deficit for years, and we are supposed to bail them out.The wicked witch up there in Albany needs to go.This is the reason why many people are leaving.Get out of New York if you can.High taxes,crime,poor education,and overcrowding.
So the MTA not going to be investigated? Us hard working people that are in debit or struggling to pay bills don't beg for money, we grind doing what we must do why must these aholes be able to take from us all the time??? SMDH
MTA workers are overpaid imo..Espeically those that work the booths. They just sit at the booth and literally do nothing. I asked the lady to combine my metrocards balance into one card, and she said i gotta mail it out to do that, they don't do that anymore, even though before the people at the booth do it. So where you are getting paid to just at a booth to do nothing? And the people at the booth ALWAYS gives you an attitude when you ask them to do something...lazy bums
It will never be enough for the MTA with all the overtime scams, union scams, execs pushing grifts, wasting money on renovating only the Manhattan stations, its all endless.
So they lied. They said they wouldn’t raise fares they said they’d make things better but none of it has come true lmao. No transparency just out of control money pits and under the table payments
Nah they need to be investigated i bet you if the mayor is doing illegal mess so is the MTA what are they doing with all that money because i guarante you they arent upgrading the subways with modern clean equiptment and they wonder why CEO are being threatened
If I thought that they were actually spending the money on buying new equipment and fixing tracks or even raises in salaries I would be less disgusted But if pass experiences serve the MTA is buying buying buying property and building Malls! They’re more interested in being landlords than conductors.
The MTA loses over $700 million annually due to fare evasion. Instead of burdening taxpayers further-especially after implementing the congestion tax-why not focus on recovering that $700 million from fare dodgers? Additionally, if funds weren’t being diverted to other priorities, such as supporting undocumented individuals, there might already be sufficient resources available for the MTA.
🤔does anyone know where all the unclaimed funds are. Remembering the last time 16 trillion in unclaimed funds from the customers. Never returned only spent to fix things up a lil bit then they raised the fare again 🧐😳
😭so when are they gonna investigate the ppl in charge of mta and the governor and mayor cause rent high driving high but job ain’t give nothing but .50 cent raise which makes no sense eggs 9 dollars orange juice high af the general fund for the state has never been used for the ppl of New York but used for the other ppl of government power
The gov’t needs to take a look at how the MTA manages their funds because this is just bad mismanagement of funds. They have an extremely checkered past and giving them more money is not going to solve anything…
Yo seriously what the hell is wrong with these people? Why are we all being punished for the MTA's mismanagement of funds. The A trains were recently updated and now they're talking about getting newer models....the hell happened to the ones y'all just bought before? Stop spending money you don't have and then asking the populace to pay for your mistakes. Worst of all there's people acting like congestion pricing is actually going to help and we're not just being taken for a ride.
MTA needs to be audited asap. They are already newly getting money from the new congestion pricing and also getting money from the bus lane tickets, when you park or drive in the bus lanes. Please audit MTA as soon as possible
This has to be a joke. MTA only showing the books in the red like they did a couple years ago and then all the sudden the dog threw up the book it ate showing massive surplus. Foh
They have been in budget deficit for longer than I can remember. Let it fail. They decided to let it fail when they were irresponsible with the money. State Income Taxes, City Income Taxes, State Sales Tax, City Sales Tax, State Gas Tax, City Gas Tax, State Cigarette Tax, City Cigarette Tax, Tolls and fees everywhere just to move around the city proper and now the Congestion Tax. I’m sure I’ve left out so much more. This is unreasonable. We have to say no at some point.
How about auditing the MTA itself first?
Audited, failed and business as usual😮
They are already audited. Vote out Kathy Hochul in 2026.
They have 2 books of business.
And the end product will still be dangerous
Asap
The feds should investigate the city and Mta
They don't have the balls.
I have been saying that for years
Someone will have to beg Trump to force it.
I been saying since I was born in 80s
I agree
Government greed is the problem. The MTA needs to be investigated for corruption.
Exactly
She said thank you, you're just the messenger, we know. Implying some ceo's better get some extra security.
How about getting the MTA get audited, that way we can see where those 33 billion went
you don't heee an audit. it will be wasted
Overtime, pensions, corporate bonuses, share holders, shady business practices, faulty equipment.
It's the fare beaters (sarcasim)
don't forget private contracts
You know it went into upper management pockets
How many people want to vote Governor Hochul and her entire staff out of office? She has completely destroyed New York.
And the NYC council
Oh, she has to go. I'll vote anyone else but her. I don't caare what party they're in
Hocul destroyed NY with the help of her bestie George Soros
She spent over a hundred thousand for private jets.
Hey, the majority of us New Yorkers keep voting Democrat, that’s all i have to say.
So you tax drivers to fix the MTA then come back and say "that isn't enough. Every NY resident has to give us money and we're going to tax you for it" Gtfoh
They aren't even fixing the MTA. They're building elevators- helping the smallest possible number of people because they know they have carte blanche to steal as much as they need from us.
😂
You’re going to pay it. They have absolute power to do what they want.
Meanwhile what is MTA doing for the people remember their not a charity. They're a buisness. Why should we be forced to bail them out against. When we lose our jobs or homes we don't get the same luxury.
Hahaha, that was quicker than expected. They didn’t even try or even pretended to improve the infrastructure first.
Gotta love about how it’s only about “filling the hole” for them rather than being more efficient and abating corruption.
To everyone who supported the congestion tax, you absolutely got clowned, again.
😂
Those stupid cyclist activists communists. Lol
The hole is there because of the corruption is the worst part of this. On top of that there's the fact this has been their tactic for years now.
This is what happens when the federal budget is forced to shave funding.
A $33 billion shortfall is a staggering amount, and it naturally raises questions about management practices, oversight, and financial accountability within the MTA. Calls for deeper investigations into how such a shortfall developed could indeed shed light on potential mismanagement, inefficiencies, or structural issues.
Not saying there isn't inefficiency in the system, there definitely is, but another issue is that the MTA is owned and funded by New York State not NYC. NYC in general doesn't get a lot of funding from the state even though it generates a vast majority of the tax revenue so a part of it really is that they don't get enough money do much.
MTA= Money Taken Agency. 🤨🤔
Money Taken Away
ATM backwards
M Oney
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A holes
If you supported Congestion Taxes, you are part of the problem. We saw this coming a mile away.
Exactly!People think somehow they will miraculously avoid this congestion tax and it does not affect everyone and everything. This is an absolute circus. It was never going to make anything including traffic better. This has always been about how the MTA can continue to have a steady stream of income.
2 miles
No one supports congestion prices we all knew it's a poisonous candy what they're trying to give us 😡
Only non drivers probably supported it
How does an organization with at $20B budget "unexpectedly" come up $33B short?
Fare beaters (sarcasim) lol
NY, Illinois, California, now Maryland....virtue signaling is turning out to be very expensive
Pensions
@@macharrington7733 any large city has problems, not states.
How would you not have an audit when you are 33 billions in the hole. That is insane!
And this comes out after congestion pricing. How do they think this will be sustainable.
I hate this state.
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@ NO U
This is the worst state if not 2nd to worst state in the US
@@jaysonoweh2227F you smd bozo f this state too am I a bot too 🤡
City* State is not bad
But $4 Billion for migrants is not a problem
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Follow the money.
Or all those people jumping the turnstiles and not paying their fare!
And they allow certain groups of people to not pay to ride the buses and trains and now want the people who do pay their fares, as well as work and pay taxes, to pay more to cover the supposedly “oppressed “ groups.
@Lavaluz1 but, but, but they might be illegals
Government greed is the problem. The MTA needs to be investigated.
Apprently the poor dont get paid as much as the rich.
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LOL so congestion pricing isn’t enough??? DISBAND THE MTA
hear hear!
so much corruption going on in MTA and NYPD. I know several people working there owns multiple homes, which is mind-blowing. Who've thought working as a blue collar worker can earn that much? Why no one audited them?
Someone forgot about City Comptroller M. Green or Gov E. Spitzer. No tin foil hat, some learned to leave well enough alone.
Overtime baby, tell the city to higher more people lol
@@SkiLLz1986 alot of these cops don't even actually do any work in their OT, they just stand around the subways not actually patrolling. And then there are cops that get OT but didn't even do OT, aka time fraud.
@@SkiLLz1986 fake overtime just being paid to stand
They have the best job bs 😂😂😂😂
How about cutting the outrageous over time for MTA workers? All of the salaries are public record. People that don't even have college diplomas making $150-200k a year.
Why cut the middle man when they service the city ? where would they live ? NYC is expensive as it is now you talking about cutting ppl pay that’s doing what they are suppose to do ? Cut the money of the higher ups not the foot soldiers
MTA is that kid that got an F in Accounting class.
F? No, more like an I for incomplete. The kid that spent their time smoking weed outside by the bleachers.
I always see 1 mta employee working and 12 other of them surrounding. Mta needs to be investigated and audited.
Why do we not have legislation to fire every MTA executive when the MTA doesn't balance their yearly budget????
Every city agency is stealing the money.
Corrupt thieves.
How long before the MTA starts garnishing our wages??? Because how much more can they take from us all? @1:46 "Everything's gotta be on the table" except for the MTA's books, because if their books were on the table, many would have to answer to the feds
MTA needs to be abolished.
Audit the MTA
Get rid of overpaid higher-ups and leave the New Yorker tax payers alone!
Before raising taxes to pay for the MTA, can we audit it first???
Why is there such a massive shortage? Who is managing the MTAs budget??? Where’s the transparency so that this can be avoided in the future?!
Guarantee you it is a dei hire
@@macharrington7733wrong MTA been greedy long before DEI was even a thing.
150k to 200k employees will skyrocke the Budget
The MTA has been in a deficit for years, and we are supposed to bail them out.The wicked witch up there in Albany needs to go.This is the reason why many people are leaving.Get out of New York if you can.High taxes,crime,poor education,and overcrowding.
I'm scared of her teeth...😮
Audit the MTA!
It's also $9 to cross queens bridge, williamsburg, and manhattan... no longer free! Smdh
So the MTA not going to be investigated? Us hard working people that are in debit or struggling to pay bills don't beg for money, we grind doing what we must do why must these aholes be able to take from us all the time??? SMDH
This makes no sense. The MTA needs to be investigated immediately!!!
my property taxes in NY went from $1200 to $8,000 in ten years. Sold back in 2015 and was relieved to be done with NY
Ha I started with 9000 property tax in orange county on 2017 it's 2025 and I am at 18k 😢and I am surrounded by would lol
Woods lol😂
Maybe it is better to rent 🤪
MTA workers are overpaid imo..Espeically those that work the booths. They just sit at the booth and literally do nothing. I asked the lady to combine my metrocards balance into one card, and she said i gotta mail it out to do that, they don't do that anymore, even though before the people at the booth do it. So where you are getting paid to just at a booth to do nothing? And the people at the booth ALWAYS gives you an attitude when you ask them to do something...lazy bums
What is the current MTA annual budget, and how do they magically determine a $33B shortfall four months before the upcoming budget is due. 😳
This is how the state turns red. Congratulations!!!
They need to get their act together this is too much
Why should they? They get whatever they want.
Theyre going to increase congestion prices gradually and hike up the train and bus prices
How bout all them billions dollars we just gave to folks that send them back immigrants owe billions get it from them
2:32 I love how you mention everything draining the state budget except the “migrants“! Lol
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All the people who wanted Congestion Pricing should pay more if they loved and advocated for it
It does not make sense to live in nyc.
OH THE NEW TAX IS NOT ENOUGH SO THEY WANT TO SEND ANOTHER TAX? WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS?
It will never be enough for the MTA with all the overtime scams, union scams, execs pushing grifts, wasting money on renovating only the Manhattan stations, its all endless.
If the MTA can’t balance their budget , they should go out of business and go bankrupt. Have a new set of owners who can run it profitably
But why?
What are they building Taj Mahal???
MTA HAS TWO SETS OF BOOKS !!! ITS WHY THEY HELP TOSS TUSSAINT in jail back in the day He saw what was coming... They are crooked!!!
Facts
It's not enough? Then what was the point of congestion pricing? 🙄
Break it up, the MTA, let the competition fix the problem, DONT EXASCERBATE IT by subsidizing the incompetent
Tax the ultra wealthy - NOT the middle class!
They already pay most the taxes. Dont be fooled by these democrats
y the middle class voted too lol
Keep rewarding mismanagement.
33B alllll from fare beaters????? GTFOH. It would take 1M ppl to hop Everysingle day to reach that number
This is criminal! They need to be audited
So they lied. They said they wouldn’t raise fares they said they’d make things better but none of it has come true lmao.
No transparency just out of control money pits and under the table payments
In addition to fleecing drivers with congestion pricing the MTA now wants to bleed 🩸 New Yorkers EVEN MORE.
Of course it’s not enough it never is…
Look at this 💩.
Thanks to MTA transit union! MTA needs to be independently audited
Nah they need to be investigated i bet you if the mayor is doing illegal mess so is the MTA what are they doing with all that money because i guarante you they arent upgrading the subways with modern clean equiptment and they wonder why CEO are being threatened
Stand for Nothing, and Fall for Everything.
If I thought that they were actually spending the money on buying new equipment and fixing tracks or even raises in salaries I would be less disgusted But if pass experiences serve the MTA is buying buying buying property and building Malls! They’re more interested in being landlords than conductors.
The MTA loses over $700 million annually due to fare evasion. Instead of burdening taxpayers further-especially after implementing the congestion tax-why not focus on recovering that $700 million from fare dodgers? Additionally, if funds weren’t being diverted to other priorities, such as supporting undocumented individuals, there might already be sufficient resources available for the MTA.
U forgot those illegal immigrants comes first before the tax paying citizens I can’t stand it
And u believe that??? Ur the problem
🤔does anyone know where all the unclaimed funds are. Remembering the last time 16 trillion in unclaimed funds from the customers. Never returned only spent to fix things up a lil bit then they raised the fare again 🧐😳
MTA very unsafe the crime is asking new taxes.
what about the surcharge they take from the natural gas bill
Nothing will be enough for MTA...
What was the budget of MTA???
Someone mentioned 20B idk
MTA workers should pay to ride the train and and buses like everyone
Lmao
You mean the MTA BOARD , WHO GET PAID $300,000 A YEAR
TERRIBLE MISMANAGEMENT!
INSANITY.
LAUGH IT UP, FUNNY BOYS, LAUGH.
aduit now
Can we please audit the MTA? This is just ridiculous. Their spending is greater than America's Defense budget.
😭so when are they gonna investigate the ppl in charge of mta and the governor and mayor cause rent high driving high but job ain’t give nothing but .50 cent raise which makes no sense eggs 9 dollars orange juice high af the general fund for the state has never been used for the ppl of New York but used for the other ppl of government power
They need to kick these bums out of their positions
The gov’t needs to take a look at how the MTA manages their funds because this is just bad mismanagement of funds. They have an extremely checkered past and giving them more money is not going to solve anything…
Yo seriously what the hell is wrong with these people? Why are we all being punished for the MTA's mismanagement of funds. The A trains were recently updated and now they're talking about getting newer models....the hell happened to the ones y'all just bought before? Stop spending money you don't have and then asking the populace to pay for your mistakes. Worst of all there's people acting like congestion pricing is actually going to help and we're not just being taken for a ride.
Let those people who stay in the trains pay for it
If they dont secures the passenger s safety how the hell people gone trust the subway systems people are scared to travel in the subways
New tax’s means a shortfall in the amount of money I’m willing to pay the MTA. I have no problem jumping a turnstile to pass those costs off.
That’s part of the reason we’re in this mess to begin with! Letting people get away with that!
Close down the MTA Money Thrown Away
Everything should be on the table including the right books..📕 😂..ppl didn’t forget that.
Never enough taxes to steal your standard of living.
Pam Bondi should investigate and prosecute the MTA
No way. NY’ers voted for this.
@eta2380 not me
Government greed is the problem.
Keep voting dem
We need Musk to look at the MTA books everyone needs to be fired
MTA needs to be audited asap. They are already newly getting money from the new congestion pricing and also getting money from the bus lane tickets, when you park or drive in the bus lanes. Please audit MTA as soon as possible
This has to be a joke. MTA only showing the books in the red like they did a couple years ago and then all the sudden the dog threw up the book it ate showing massive surplus. Foh
Big facts glad someone besides me remember that
Hochul should be first to be audited for how much taxpayers money was wasted
Once again why should the rest of the state pay more in taxes for a city none of us want to go to.
How can one city's transportation agency's debt be greater than that of some states. Its a failed agency time to close up shop. This is ridiculous.
The largest US mass transit system can't pay its bills. Raise the fares to reflect what it costs to provide the service.
Why we need to pay more taxes for MTA and their miss handling of money? It time to move out of New York . 😅
the never ending taxes to find fraud and waste.
They have been in budget deficit for longer than I can remember.
Let it fail. They decided to let it fail when they were irresponsible with the money.
State Income Taxes, City Income Taxes, State Sales Tax, City Sales Tax, State Gas Tax, City Gas Tax, State Cigarette Tax, City Cigarette Tax, Tolls and fees everywhere just to move around the city proper and now the Congestion Tax. I’m sure I’ve left out so much more. This is unreasonable.
We have to say no at some point.
This is ridiculous…all this money MTA is making on a daily and the people don’t see where the money is going…damn shame
Last year, 724 MTA employees made $100,000 each on top of their base salaries. The MTA needs to be audited.
The MTA is a mf thief!
Unfortunately, the MTA may NEVER be audited 🤦🏽
"It's not enough"
So now you want a tax? Guess we don't need congestion pricing
MTA the best jobs 😅Very " difficult jobs " lol😅😅😅😂