MTA Fiasco Could Be Fixed By Bringing G Train Into Manhattan, Mayoral Hopeful Says

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — This New York City mayoral candidate is running on a G train platform.

Paul Massey says he is the man who can give New Yorkers a better-run MTA in the wake of recent subway fiascos and shutdowns like the economy-busting power outage on the Q line, the F train that turned into a sauna prison and the impending L train closure.

"Mayor de Blasio does not deny that travel in our city is becoming more difficult, expensive and unsafe,” said Massey in a statement. “He just denies it is his fault.”

“As mayor, I will use every lever available to City Hall — from funding and appointment powers, to the bully pulpit — to get the resources this city needs.”

The transit infrastructure plan Massey released Monday calls for extended G train service that would reach from Queens to Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Massey argued that extending its reach beyond Court Square in Queens and Church Avenue in Brooklyn would provide relief to Brooklynites stranded during the partial L train shutdown slated for April 2019.

Massey also proposed expanding the PATH lines to connect Staten Island to New Jersey over the Bayonne Bridge.

Massey is one of two GOP candidates hoping to face off against Mayor de Blasio in November — he and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliatakis are both competing for the conservative nomination.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been controlled by the state government since 1968 when Gov. Nelson Rockefeller seized control in a battle for power against Robert Moses, the New York Times reported.

Photo by Kathleen Culliton