State of emergency declared for New York’s subway as Governor pledges $1 billion

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The Governor of New York has declared a state of emergency for the ageing, frequently failing subway system in New York City.

Speaking two days after a derailment injured at least 34 people, Andrew Cuomo said he was planning to sign an order to speed up efforts to improve the system and that the “current state of decline is wholly unacceptable”.

“One of the processes we’re going to expedite is the MTA procurement process. I’ll ask the comptroller and the attorney general for a special team to expedite the process,” he said, referring to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that oversees the city’s vast subway system. “But it will no longer be a tortured exercise to do business with the MTA.”

Source: State of emergency declared for New York’s subway as Governor pledges $1 billion | The Independent