The fate of the MTA has been been in the MTA's own hands since its inception. Decades of corruption and irresponsible fiscal policy have put them in this situation. Congestion pricing is a tax. It will not come near generating the $1 billion that they think it will. Even if it does it still won't fill the projected $ 2.5 billion dollar budget gap in 2024. And this is AFTER they burned through $15 billion dollars in federal emergency aid.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/7/25/23278062/mta-fiscal-cliff-federal-funds-near-end-of-line

Well there's always the thought - let's do this - and then when comes down to it everyone always assumes that someone else will be doing the helping and the paying for it.

WOW -

>McCarter was arrested in March 2020 after stabbing her husband, James
Murray, who reportedly entered her home, where he did not live, heavily
intoxicated, and allegedly threatened her life. She was found trying to
administer CPR while screaming for assistance, and her neighbors say
Murray had been on a bender in the building. But the grand jury that
approved a murder charge against McCarter didn't hear
about Murray's drunkenness that day, or his detailed history of violent
behavior and abuse, because prosecutors declined to share it.

HA! That's awesome! I can swear I've heard mocking birds mimic crickets also.

On a similar note - I once saw a mockingbird trolling a cardinal with its own song. Even though the cardinal could see the mockingbird was making that sound he still felt complled to respond every time the mockingbird sung it.