Time's running out for the MTA to get its fiscal house in order — and riders back to using public transit at pre-pandemic levels — before the bottom falls out, according to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
Outside factors, including a feared recession, could make the fiscal damage even worse, DiNapoli charged.
Regardless of what may lie ahead, the MTA stood in agreement with DiNapoli’s findings in an Oct. 6 statement — and said it was working on ways to spare the authority, and riders, the pain of strained finances down the line. But shutdowns related to the pandemic saw ridership plummet; within weeks, the MTA saw less than a million people using the system, as the system kept running to serve essential workers while the vast majority of New Yorkers remained home.post-pandemic record daily high of 3.875 million subway trips set on Sept. 21
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