Washington, D.C., is known for its Metro, London for its Underground and San Francisco for BART. Downstate New York? We’re known for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which, in recent decades, has become infamous for all the wrong reasons.
The perpetual adverse headlines about the MTA are hard to ignore: Waste, fraud and mismanagement have plagued the authority for years. More than 65 million people rely on this vital agency, yet it’s clear that its leadership has failed to clean up its act. That’s why I’ve introduced legislation (A.6088) that would direct a forensic audit and a complete top-down overhaul.
The legislation would require the MTA to hire a certified, independent accounting firm to conduct a comprehensive forensic audit, which would produce a report highlighting its inefficiencies, redundancies and areas ripe for reform…