MrNewking t1_jbp2p6t wrote
Reply to comment by DJBabyB0kCh0y in Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B by Grass8989
Those are owned by Citi Corp not MTA
Active-Knee1357 t1_jbp4m4r wrote
The thing is why the hell are they in a subway station then? I had this same conversation with some MTA person and I couldn't get an answer lol. Get rid of that glass canopy or at least seal it so it doesn't leak all over the escalators when it rains or snows, and maybe they'll stop breaking down.
MrNewking t1_jbp7tt8 wrote
This all boils down to when that station was last rehabbed. It's all part of the contractual agreements brokered between the mta, the city and the company near the exit. The MTA gets access to a part of their property and the company gains an entrance to the subway but have to maintain a portion of it.
In this case, Citi group gets access to court sq via an entrance, but have to maintain the elevators.
There's a whole bunch around the city like this. Usually privately owned entrances/escalators/and elevators have an X at the end of their unique code.
Boogie-Down t1_jbpewvy wrote
Unfortunately we have this thing called property rights
creativepositioning t1_jbq4yc4 wrote
>I had this same conversation with some MTA person and I couldn't get an answer lol
Do you ask McDonald's employees why corporate does something?
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