VOTE YES ON 2!

A gantz bargain at $2.9 billion, the New York State Transportation Bond Act promises a myriad of desperately-needed transportation improvements for the NY Metro area (with a capital, "M")! Some of these include: a Second Avenue Subway, East Side Access for the LIRR to Grand Central Station, and even installation of fiber optic lines along Interstate 390 -- see Buffalo?, there's pork for you too!!!

In addition to public transporation improvements, as we are all painfully aware, "Nearly 70% of major roads in the New York metropolitan area are in sub-standard condition. Many of the state’s heavily traveled roads are deteriorating and in need of repair." I'll say!

Here's what WE get:
New York City
$171 million to make operational improvements to the Kew Gardens Interchange, which links the Van Wyck Expressway (Interstate 678), Jackie Robinson Parkway, and Grand Central Parkway in Queens, Queens County. Work will include improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway in the vicinity of the interchange.

Down with the Tsoris Multiplex: I can get behind that!

Lower Hudson Valley
$60.6 million for completion of the last in a series of operational and safety improvements on Interstate 287/The Cross Westchester Expressway, which connects the Tappan Zee Bridge with Interstate 95. The project will run from Greenburgh into the City of White Plains, Westchester County.

Hmmm... Yeah, that and how about a few more exits on 287 before the TZB!? Are there so few people in the surrounding towns that there's no need for an exit? Isn't the minimum population necessary for an Interstate exit 60,000?

Then there's this:
Nassau and Suffolk Counties
$110 million to reduce truck congestion on Long Island and to improve rail freight access on Long Island.

Well, yeah, whatever...let's not look our LIE gift horse in the mouth.

VOTE YES ON 2: WE NEED IT!