Bravo for your thoughtful editorial regarding the failed congestion-pricing plan (“Blame Mike, Not Shelly,” April 9).
The plan failed for a myriad of reasons.
The MTA has wasted piles of money in cost overruns, the best example being the Fulton Street Station hub located in lower Manhattan.
The Fulton Street Hub was overly ambitious and is now estimated to cost in excess of $900 million.
To put $900 million in perspective: The Twin Towers were sold by the Port Authority to Larry Silverstein in 2001 for $3 billion.
It is fair criticism to cast blame at the Bloomberg administration, but it should also include City Council President Christine Quinn.
The council is said to have allocated over $17 million since 2001 to groups that do not exist.
Disclosure of allocating taxpayer money to fake organizations, coupled with excessive MTA cost overruns, have only served to promote taxpayer discouragement, cynicism and disgust at the thought of collecting more tax revenue.
Michael Mulhall, Rockville Center