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New York City Mayor:
Democratic primary voters need to be reminded of Cuomo’s record of gross incompetence and mismanagement of critical services while Governor, such as public transit. [Polling Memo, April 2025]
Andrew Cuomo used the MTA as his piggy bank — pulling out funds for his own vanity projects. He even siphoned funds from the MTA to bail out Upstate ski resorts. We have Cuomo to thank for a crumbling and dysfunctional MTA.
- Cuomo stole millions from the MTA, while trying to pass off the blame for the subway’s problems.
- While trains were breaking down, Cuomo wasted millions to retile the subway tunnels in the state colors.
- Cuomo fueled years of dysfunction in the MTA by bullying its leaders. Not a single head of the city bus or subway system survived more than two years.
- New Yorkers are still paying the price for Andrew Cuomo’s gross mismanagement of the MTA.
