As ranking minority member on the Assembly Transportation Committee, I was encouraged today by the announcement from Comptrollers DiNapoli and Liu that their offices will be conducting a joint audit of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). After countless years of fiscal mismanagement, it is high time that the MTA be held accountable for their poor business decisions. I am hopeful that this audit will result in the MTA being forced to be responsible for its own finances so that New York’s taxpayers will never have to bail them out again.