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  • PUTIN NEXT WEEK AT THE G-20

  • SUMMIT IN GERMANY.

  • CBS 2 NEWS.

  • WITH NO END IN SIGHT FOR

  • THE COMMUTER NIGHTMARE,

  • GOVERNOR CUOMO DECLARED A STATE

  • OF EMERGENCY FOR THE MTA.

  • FACED ANOTHER DAY OF DELAYS AND

  • CANCELLATIONS.

  • CBS 2'S ANDREA GRIMES IS LIVE

  • WITH MORE ON THIS.

  • ANDREA.

  • CHRISTINE, SO MANY ARE JUST

  • SO NUMB AT THIS POINT.

  • ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

  • THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD SAYS

  • AMTRAK POWER PROBLEMS AFFECTED

  • 12 DIFFERENT TRACKS HERE DURING

  • THE EVENING COMMUTE.

  • LUCKILY, THAT ISSUE NOT

  • AFFECTING SERVICE AT THIS POINT

  • RIGHT NOW.

  • THANK GOD, I DON'T HAVE TO

  • DO THIS EVERY DAY.

  • THAT FRUSTRATED SENTIMENT

  • FROM NICK OF SMITHTOWN.

  • DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS

  • BOOKENDED HIS DAY, BOTH HEADING

  • OUT AND HEADING INTO PENN

  • STATION.

  • I HAD A MEETING THIS

  • MORNING, WHICH I ENDED UP

  • MISSING.

  • AMTRAK POWER PROBLEMS WERE

  • BLAMED FOR BOTH ISSUES.

  • JUST THE LATEST SAY DAILY

  • WRITERS, IN WHAT HAS BECOME A

  • NORMAL ROUTINE.

  • TRAINS DELAYED EVERY SINGLE

  • DAY.

  • IT'S NOTHING NEW.

  • HE'S ALSO HAD ENOUGH.

  • HE DECLARED A STATE OF

  • EMERGENCY AT THE MTA.

  • SAYING THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS

  • DECAYING RAPIDLY.

  • THE CURRENT STATE OF DECLINE

  • IS HOLY UNACCEPTABLE.

  • THE GOVERNOR POINTED TO

  • SEVERAL ITEMS ON HIS WISH LIST,

  • INCLUDING AN UPGRADED SIGNAL

  • SYSTEM AND A FIX FOR THE POWER

  • GRID THAT REPEATEDLY FAILS.

  • HE PLEDGED AN ADDITIONAL $1

  • BILLION FOR THE AGENCY.

  • MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT WAS,

  • IT'S A NEW DAY IN NEW YORK.

  • MTA CHAIRMAN SAYS THE STATE

  • OF EMERGENCY WILL ALLOW THEM TO

  • MORE QUICKLY HIRE WORKERS TO

  • MAKE REPAIRS.

  • THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE SUBWAY

  • SYSTEM IS THE MOST PROBLEMATIC

  • PART OF THE MTA.

  • BUT ON TUESDAY, BOTH HE AND

  • MAYOR DE BLASIO WERE CRITICIZED

  • FOR BEING MISSING IN ACTION

  • AFTER AN A-TRAIN DERAILED IN

  • HARLEM.

  • THURSDAY, A SMILING MAYOR DE

  • BLASIO DITCHED HIS NORMAL SUV

  • MOTORCADE AND WROTE THE 2

  • TRAIN.

  • RIDERS WANT TO SEE RESULTS.

  • I APPLAUD THE EFFORT,

  • HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL GET SOMETHING

  • DONE.

  • IT IS HARD WORK WHAT THEY

  • DO.

  • BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I

  • THINK THEY COULD DO BETTER.

  • THE GOVERNOR ALSO GAVE THE

  • MTA CHAIRMAN 30 DAYS TO COME UP

  • WITH THE REORGANIZATION PLAN

  • FOR THE MTA.

  • AND 60 DAYS TO REVIEW THE MTA'S

  • CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH

  • INCLUDES SAFETY AND REPAIR

  • PROJECTS.

PUTIN NEXT WEEK AT THE G-20

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