The MTA is in rough shape and New York State politicians are loathe to claim responsibility and invest in fixing it.

Andy Byford arrived from Toronto in January 2018 to lead NYC Transit, planning an ambitious overhaul of the city’s most important resources – Mayor Bill de Blasio has yet to meet with him, according to a profile in the New Yorker.

The list of improvements is long but accessibility is a priority. In Brooklyn, J/Z train riders only have two accessible stations– Marcy and Flushing.  Avenue M and L riders have three– Marcy, Flushing and Myrtle/Wyckoff for the M and Myrtle/Wyckoff, Wilson and Canarsie for the L. This represents only five subway stations with elevators on three major lines serving hundreds of thousands of riders.