Alcalde vive en carne propia retrasos de trenes de NYC
El alcalde Bill de Blasio se puso al nivel de los ciudadanos y padeció lo
que es ser usuario del sistema de metro de Nueva York.
La máxima autoridad de la ciudad se dirigía desde la alcaldía hasta Penn
Station y aunque usualmente utiliza una camioneta SUV para cumplir con su
agenda, prefirió tomar el tren pensando que iba a ser más rápido.
No fue así. Tuvo que esperar 20 minutos para que un tren llegara.
De Blasio le envió un correo a un superior del Departamento de la Policía y
a miembros de su personal de la alcaldía y accidentalmente a un reportero del
New York Times con el asunto: “2 problemas hoy“.
“La custodia se fue cuando entramos al subterráneo en lugar de esperar y
asegurarse que habíamos subido a un tren”, escribió De Blasio. “Necesitamos un
sistema mejor“.
“Esperamos 20 minutos por un tren expreso hasta que escuchamos que había
retrasos serios en la línea”, escribió el alcalde. “Esta es información que
debe ser dada inmediatamente al público. Nos habríamos evitado un montón de
problemas”.
“Debemos intercambiar información cuando voy a usar el subterráneo”, agregó
De Blasio. “Esta es una situación solucionable”.
An email accidentally sent to a New York
Times reporter revealed that Mayor de Blasio experienced a common frustration
faced by many New Yorkers: a delayed subway train.
The mayor chided the head of his police
department security detail after he waited 20 minutes for a delayed train while
heading to a speaking engagement at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in
midtown Monday afternoon, according to the Times.
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The email was only intended to go to
city hall staffers, but it appears the mayor accidentally included one of the
newspaper’s reporters as a recipient.
In the email, with the subject line “2
problems today,” de Blasio reportedly detailed a 20-minute wait for a train
amid major delays. When he decided to leave the station rather than keep
waiting, the team that normally drives him around the city in a NYPD-issued SUV
was nowhere to be found.
The detail drove away when we went into
the subway rather than waiting to confirm we got on a train,” de Blasio wrote
in the email. “We need a better system.”
The Times reported that de Blasio asked
his staff to stay abreast of possible delays the next time he takes public
transportation, suggesting they coordinate with the MTA or the NYPD’s traffic
division.
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“Let’s cross-check our info with them
when I take the subway,” de Blasio wrote. “This is a fixable prob.”
The email from de Blasio, who has become
notorious for being late to events, including a Sept. 11 ceremony last year
that he said he had trouble reaching because of fog, comes as the city plans to
increase the funding for the city's mass transit system despite increasing
delays and overcrowding.
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The city promised to devote $125 million
a year for the next five years to the MTA, which, when combined with a $32
million city match to a federal grant, will match the $657 million in capital
contributions the authority requested in the fall.
MTA chairman Tom Prendergrast wrote a
letter to the mayor Monday asking the amount be more than doubled, to $300
million a year.
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