I wouldn't call the MTA inept, I'd say the fact the United States as a whole doesn't invest a substantial amount of money in improving the transit systems for the nations most important metropolitan area is what's inept.

I certainly don't support cutting pensions or wages whicg means money needs to come in and Albany consistently constrains the MTA's budget requests and needs. There's probably waste but this alternative is ridiculous and Cuomo's billion is a drop in the bucket. We should probably be realistic as a nation and invest a trillion dollars in the system.