NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two power failures this week crippled seven lines and froze signals, frustrating riders, along with Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA.
The outages at the West 4th Street station in Greenwich Village impacted lines on both Wednesday and Thursday—all during a stifling heat wave and a monster rainstorm that caused flooding in some stations.
“For decades, the people who were in a position to do something about it failed to make the important upgrades,” Hochul said Friday at a news conference with MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber…