Cuomo: Funding boost will repair NYC subway more quickly

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says funding included in the recently passed state budget will allow New York City subway cars to be repaired more quickly, improving service for a transit system notorious for frequent breakdowns.

Cuomo says the more than $800 million included in the state budget for emergency repairs to the aging subway system will enable the city’s transit agency to hire more workers for the 207th Street Car Overhaul Shop and another repair facility in Brooklyn.

The shops will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Cuomo says they’ll fully rehabilitate more than 1,300 cars a year, a nearly 40 per cent increase over previous years.

The Democrat made the announcement Friday after touring a sprawling repair and maintenance facility in northern Manhattan.