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Re: South Ferry-MTA urged to consider re-opening 'old' South Ferry subway station |
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Posted by michael549 on Fri Feb 1 18:59:20 2013, in response to Re: South Ferry-MTA urged to consider re-opening 'old' South Ferry subway station, posted by 3-9 on Fri Feb 1 15:06:37 2013. Please note that it was the MTA in planning documents and proposals that said among other things said that the old South Ferry loop station was dangerous, maybe as one justification for spending the money.My basic point is that the MTA is very much unlikely to reopen a station it closed and replaced. Even from just a public relations point of view the MTA is not gonna in any sense admit that they were wrong, and re-open the older station. Plus there is the issue of "standing" to sue, can any of the riders say that the MTA is at "fault", that the riders are being denied something that was "theirs". The MTA is currently providing 2 open usable stations, and the use of another station a few minutes walk away from South Ferry. I am wondering about the concept of restitution, and I am not sure it really applies here. Years ago in the Bronx, the Intervale Avenue station suffered a fire, and the MTA wanted to close and remove the station from service, saying that the stationwas too costly to repair. However the estimates the MTA used were faulty, and the local community and politicians rallied to have the station repaired well under the costs of the estimates. Here the MTA is saying that it WANTS to repair the station, but that it simply waiting for the federal money to do so. Reasonable answers have been given, so what is there for a court to act on, and just who can bring that action to a court? Mike |
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