Cash-strapped MTA spent $250M on emergency subway intercom system that’s overrun with ...
A damning new probe shows the cash-strapped MTA dropped a mind-boggling $250 million on an emergency subway intercom system ...
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Cash-strapped MTA spent $250M on emergency subway intercom system that’s overrun with ...
Hello, is Seymour Butz there? A damning new probe shows the cash-strapped MTA dropped a mind-boggling $250 million on an emergency subway intercom system where 50% of the calls are pranks — and ...
MTA’s $252M emergency intercom flop is another insult to taxpayers
Straphangers are no strangers to delays caused by trash fires, but the more insidious scourge is the MTA’s cash fires. The ...
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‘Point’-less: Over 1,000 emergency calls went unanswered through MTA ‘Help Points ...
Don't count on the MTA's "Help Points" subway intercom system to be useful, a report released Tuesday found. More than 1,000 ...
‘Mischief calls’ delay emergency response for subway Help Point system
Mischief calls’ have plagued the subway’s ‘Help Point’ system according to the MTA inspector general. An audit found that ...
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Subway’s $250M Help Point intercoms bogged down by prank calls
Some riders may find the intercom boxes a reassuring touch-point. The system features more than 3,000 intercom boxes topped ...
NYC subway Help Point intercom system struggles due to prank calls, audit says
The MTA inspector general said 50% of the 140,698 Help Point calls received during a six-month period in 2023 were pranks.
Gothamist5 天
Prank calls make up half of requests to NYC subway's 'Help Point' intercoms, report says
The MTA spent $250 million to install intercoms in subways for riders to ask for help, but a new inspector general report ...