STATE COMPTROLLER BLASTS MTA FARE HIKE

This from New York 1:

Transit riders might not have to pony up more for their commute after all.

That’s the word from state comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who is releasing a report today blasting the MTA’s proposed fare increase.

DiNapoli says the MTA should wait to see how much money it will get
from the mayor’s congestion pricing plan and Governor Eliot Spitzer’s
upcoming budget.

The MTA announced last month that it would seek a rate hike to close what it expects to be an $800 million deficit.