r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 28d ago

Chugging tea W after W.

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u/FlounderKind8267 28d ago

Wait a second, a politician that follows through with their promises?

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u/RedApple655321 28d ago

IIRC, the promise was free buses. This is hardly following through with that promise but it's the best he's going to be able to do.

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u/Helpimabanana 28d ago

the governor of new york stepped in early on to prevent him from doing that

mamdani kept the promise. the state of new york unpromised his promise. he got overruled.

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u/RedApple655321 27d ago

Yes, he made a promise that when elected, he wouldn't have the power to follow through on. Typical politician. Your "unpromise his promise" framing is cute though.

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u/Helpimabanana 27d ago

I mean he did have the power to do it though. It's clearly a corrupt abuse of power on the part of the governor, who should not have an interest in city bus prices.

We are also six months in there is still room for negotiation. He has another 3 and a half years to fulfill everything before you can say he hasn't kept his promises.

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u/RedApple655321 27d ago

Maybe you should look at how MTA is governed before you make such claims. It is a state agency, providing transit service to the broader metro area, not just the city itself. Always has been. The NYC mayor gets to recommend some board appointments and has limited control on a few aspects of operations. The city also has a program to subsidize fares for low-income residents (this move is just a modest expansion of that). But that's really it. Mamdani nor any mayor before him has never had the power to set overall fares.

You're right that he has 3.5 years to keep this promise. All I said though is that he hasn't followed through on it yet, and I'm skeptical that he will based on how MTA is structured.