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Group Says Some City Subway Stations Have Been Long Neglected
August 06, 2008
After surveying more than 50 stations over the last month, the New York City Transit Riders Council said Wednesday that their findings show some of the city's subway stations have been neglected for decades.
The group says water damage, lack of proper signage, and peeling paint are among some rider complaints.
"Unfortunately, many of the places we went are in varying degrees of disrepair, decay, and decadence," said NYC Transit Riders Council chair Andrew Albert. "I do not want to put this on this one administration. For these stations to have reached the conditions that they are in took decades of neglect."
New York City Transit says lack of funding has made keeping up repairs difficult, but it is now taking steps to improve conditions.
It has proposed including $71 million in their Capital Plan to address problem areas incrementally.