Subway riders rip Andrew Cuomo for MTA funding by griping at cardboard replica of governor

Gov. Cuomo got an earful from frustrated subway riders Thursday. Riders Alliance, a grassroots transit group criticizing the governor for leaving the MTA’s $32 billion plan to improve service unfunded, took a cardboard cutout for a rush-hour ride. Irate straphangers took no time ticking off their grievances to the Cuomo stand-in. “We pay more than we should.” fumed rider Nick Bicer, 34, a furniture store manager from Sunnyside, Queens, echoing the complaints of many. “They don’t work on time. They run late.” Nick Sifuentes, Riders Alliance’s deputy director, said Cuomo has ignored the group’s request to join its members on the rails.

 

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