Comments on: MTA’s Doomsday Scenario?

By: East Meadow Joins Fight Against MTA Payroll Tax — Transit Blogger

East Meadow Joins Fight Against MTA Payroll Tax — Transit Blogger — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:54:38 +0000

[...] Ah the infamous MTA Payroll Tax is back in the news again. As longtime readers know, I have been dead set against this funding mechanism since it was first proposed in December 2008 as a part of a package to help starve off the MTA’s “doomsday scenario.” [...]

By: MTA Stimulus Funds Editorial — Transit Blogger

MTA Stimulus Funds Editorial — Transit Blogger — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:13:53 +0000

[...] this is the right way to go about doing things. As we saw during the whole battle over the “doomsday scenario“, & subsequent “rescue package“, politicians are always looking for quick [...]

By: Doomsday Might Only Be The Beginning — Transit Blogger

Doomsday Might Only Be The Beginning — Transit Blogger — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:22:02 +0000

[...] blog over the last few months, words & phrases such as “draconian” & “doomsday scenario” have become second nature. When you heard or read such words involving the MTA, you could do [...]

By: Correctly Placing The Potential Blame — Transit Blogger

Correctly Placing The Potential Blame — Transit Blogger — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:32:38 +0000

[...] feature a strong editorial on how the State Senate will be responsible if the MTA’s “doomsday scenario” goes into effect. Here is a sample: Time is running out for more than eight million public [...]

By: Senate Proposes Another MTA Bailout Package Dud — Transit Blogger

Senate Proposes Another MTA Bailout Package Dud — Transit Blogger — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:33:13 +0000

[...] State Senate to come up with a MTA financial package that would starve off the MTA’s “doomsday scenario“. Both sides of the aisle have spent the majority of the time playing the blame game or [...]

By: Gov. Patterson Urges Republicans To Vote For MTA Bailout — Transit Blogger

Gov. Patterson Urges Republicans To Vote For MTA Bailout — Transit Blogger — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:33:53 +0000

[...] “doomsday scenario” being officially put into action is rapidly approaching & leaders in Albany are still [...]

By: Higher Projected Deficit Could Lead To More Pain — Transit Blogger

Higher Projected Deficit Could Lead To More Pain — Transit Blogger — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:24:40 +0000

[...] to get worse by the day. Riders are expected to pay the ultimate price when the MTA’s doomsday scenario is officially enacted. However if things continue to progress in the current downward spiral, [...]

By: And The Point Is Exactly????? — Transit Blogger

And The Point Is Exactly????? — Transit Blogger — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:33:25 +0000

[...] The biggest news centered on a detailed time line of the proposed cuts in the agency’s “doomsday scenario“. Rich Schapiro of the New York Daily News had more in this report from Wednesday’s [...]

By: MTA Workers Fearing For Their Jobs — Transit Blogger

MTA Workers Fearing For Their Jobs — Transit Blogger — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:43:43 +0000

[...] will change for a few thousand employees who face the prospects of being jobless if the “doomsday scenario” goes into [...]

By: Losing The B37 Would Change Lives In Bay Ridge — Transit Blogger

Losing The B37 Would Change Lives In Bay Ridge — Transit Blogger — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:47:58 +0000

[...] all the talk of the “doomsday scenario” fare hikes & service cuts, the little stories within the big one get lost. One of those [...]