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β€œIt’s genuinely shocking how much of every dollar that goes to the M.T.A. is spent on expenses that have nothing to do with running the subway"
by veen

    The mayors stuck to the cuts despite a surge in property values that the subways helped create. New York real estate values β€” and property tax revenues β€” have quintupled since the early 1990s, according to the Independent Budget Office.

    None of that increased property tax revenue was earmarked for the subways.

That service decline graph is just painful to see.