I don't disagree regarding the Fulton Street project (which was largely driven by Sheldon Silver who controlled the NY State Assembly at the time). However, there is no question that the new Hudson River tunnels are critically needed, not only to allow the existing ones to be rebuilt, but to allow for expansion of service that will bring billions of dollars in benefits to the region over the ensuing years. The same can be said for ESA (LIRR into GCT) whose financial benefits over the long run will far outweigh the $10B or so cost overrun or whatever you want to call it. (And that will in turn allow Metro North to run New Haven division trains into Penna. Station with the new stations in The Bronx, as well as Hudson Division trains.) The question of politics and money will always be there but that needs to be solved independent of moving ahead on investing for the region's future. (And Fulton Street could have been done to a smaller scale, no doubt.) I wonder if there were complaints 100 years ago about how much taxpayer money NYC was spending on building the IND subway. I'm sure there was some degree of corruption in those contracts. But the benefits were enormous.
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