Not a cent of the surplus before then.

>So screw employees that are vastly underpaid, such as EMS? The MTA has money. Not our problem they can't manage it properly.

What the MTA doesn't have is a world class transportation service. Fix that first by reaching 6 minute frequency, renovating the stations so that the walls are in place and that there's rapid transit bus lanes throughout the city on almost any street that can handle it.

>My point is that lower rates are the revenue maximizing equilibrium. Don’t abolish it, but lower it such that more wealthy people become residents which is good for everyone because it increases tax revenue for services.

Right and I'm saying the net effect is ambiguous. It's not clear that the equilibrium lower taxes. For all we know they could very well afford to increase certain taxes and increase net revenues even if some number of people relocate. Since wealthy people want to live here to some extent they are a captive audience.

Screw that. Fix the stations.

If you make a claim it's on the claim maker to prove it, not someone else.

Other way around. The leverage that NYC has means they can probably net afford to increase rates. That's why the city is able to pull off a municipal income tax.

Restore subway stations. More subway cars. It's insane that at any point someone is waiting 20 minutes for a train