29 Quotes by Gene Russianoff

For many people they don't have a choice. They take the 4 and the 5 and they have to go through Midtown. If you can take the local, the No. 6, that's a good idea and you definitely have to give yourself extra time. The Transit Authority says there'll be delays of 10 minutes, which always means to me that it will be a lot longer than that.

For everyone, it was a challenge. For many people, it was a hardship. They couldn't get to a doctor's appointment, they couldn't get to the office.

It's probably a tricky one for Freddy because it's really his constituents that are the most hurt by a fare hike.

It's disappointing, because there have been dramatic changes.

They know where the people are. But what are they doing for the people they're handing the literature to?

I'm not big on the mayor taking the subway. That doesn't make up for the fact that he cut the city's contribution to the MTA capital program from $100 million a year to $75 million. It doesn't make up for his voting for the first fare hike and cuts in elevator operators and station booth attendants.

I'm not big on the mayor taking the subway, ... That doesn't make up for the fact that he cut the city's contribution to the MTA capital program from $100 million a year to $75 million. It doesn't make up for his voting for the first fare hike and cuts in elevator operators and station booth attendants.

I'm worried about the politicians trying to use the money for things that make them look good and still leave the riders holding the bag.

Before the strike, there was considerable sympathy for the workers, but once the strike began, that clearly changed. The real winners are neither labor or management but the public that desperately wanted their subways and buses back.