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Posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Jan 26 23:17:51 2015, in response to Re: All Transit Closing at 11 Tonight, posted by pragmatist on Mon Jan 26 23:07:27 2015. Precedent:This to me is all about what happened in 2010 when the MTA was ill-prepared. While Cuomo could site Irene and Sandy as reasons for shutting down (which was the right thing to do in BOTH of those cases), the MTA got along just fine in 2003, '06 and so forth when they were properly prepared and that along with how Japan dealt with the earthquake/tsunami in 2011 AND Super Typhoon this past fall (BOTH of which were actually WORSE than Sandy) would likely be what would be used in a lawsuit to block Cuomo from in the future shutting the system down except where absolutely necessary. 2010 had a set of extenuating circumstances in my view directly related to the Christmas Holiday that caused what happened to then. This to me is Cuomo thinking ahead to a potential Presidential campaign in 2016, 2020 or 2024 where if there happened to be a lawsuit from not closing the subways during this storm, it would be used against Cuomo in advertising by rivals in both a primary and general election. Especially in a world of 30-second sound bytes, that is all some people see unfortunately. |
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