The Subway is a mess primarily because of cronyism, corrupt labor unions and mismanagement on a typical, everyday "these people suck at their job" type. Fixing the MTA is important, but its problems are essentially independent of this Amazon deal.

Do you realize that the NYC Subway is controlled by Cuomo, not de Blasio?

Why would that be an either-or thing? I'd rather have Amazon here with no tax subsidies so that total tax revenue increases so that there's more money to fix the subways.

> Why would that be an either-or thing?

ask the state government, who's happy to give Amazon the tax break but not nearly so happy to fund the agencies running its largest city's transit.

This! They are deferring the inevitable time when the subway is no longer sustainable. Are we waiting for another Sandy?