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Lhota crows about MTA's quick storm recovery, wants more aid

MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota speaks

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota speaks to members of the media. (July 19, 2012)

MTA head Joseph Lhota had a blunt message Wednesday for Albany lawmakers foolish enough to ignore a job well-done by the transportation agency in the days before and after Hurricane Sandy swept through the New York region.

"This is not the MTA that they remember from five, six, seven years ago," Lhota said after a Metropolitan Transportation Authority board meeting in New York City. "This...

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