According to a law implemented in last year's state bailout for the MTA, the authority is required to publish a biennial report of every comment and request put forth by a member of the State Legislature. So in a time of budget cuts and murders, one would expect the government's questions to be hard and demanding, right? Ha. Ha ha ha ha.
In PCAC's 2009 MTA performance review, the watchdog group criticized that the "bulk of the report consisted of notice to legislators about service diversions" rather than more important issues. Some examples from the Office of Legislative and Community Input Report include an inquiry "about US Open Busing and Fare Policy" from Assemblyman Robert Sweeney and "Request for F train information" from Assemblyman Micha Keller.
However, the MTA has been quick to respond to all the concerns. According to CityRoom, one of Vito J. Lopez's aides "lost papers" on the B61, and all the buses on the route were alerted by radio to look out for the lost items. Also, an aide of Senator Liz Krueger called on behalf of a constituent who lost a MetroCard and could not reach the MTA customer service line. The MTA said they would contact the person directly.
"Alex" from Senator Jeffery Klein's office was the only person to inquire about student MetroCards, asking last August if "reduced student fare for the Express buses were eliminated." The MTA responded that they were, but "Students still have the option of travel free with their student cards on the local buses and subways." Well, maybe not for long.
