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Re "ski resorts", sure, the money shouldn't have come from the MTA, and it's another example of Albany bleeding the city. But Whiteface is (1) state owned, and (2) absolutely critical to the economy in the north country. Cuomo's a shit, but when you say ski resorts like that it's going to mislead people who don't know the region. We're not talking about Snowbird here.
> But Whiteface is (1) state owned, and (2) absolutely critical to the economy in the north country. Cuomo's a shit, but when you say ski resorts like that it's going to mislead people who don't know the region. We're not talking about Snowbird here. It is not at all misleading to say that Cuomo made a unilateral decision to siphon funds that had already been earmarked for public transit towards a non-transit project…
Calling it out the way you did is disingenuous because you're hiding the context that ORDA is also a state agency. It's robbing Peter to pay Paul, it's dumb and inefficient, but it's not exactly the crime of the century.