SUMMIT IN GERMANY.

CBS 2 NEWS.

WITH NO END IN SIGHT FOR

THE COMMUTER NIGHTMARE,

GOVERNOR CUOMO DECLARED A STATE

OF EMERGENCY FOR THE MTA.

FACED ANOTHER DAY OF DELAYS AND

CANCELLATIONS.

CBS 2'S ANDREA GRIMES IS LIVE

WITH MORE ON THIS.

ANDREA.

CHRISTINE, SO MANY ARE JUST

SO NUMB AT THIS POINT.

ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD SAYS

AMTRAK POWER PROBLEMS AFFECTED

12 DIFFERENT TRACKS HERE DURING

THE EVENING COMMUTE.

LUCKILY, THAT ISSUE NOT

AFFECTING SERVICE AT THIS POINT

RIGHT NOW.

THANK GOD, I DON'T HAVE TO

DO THIS EVERY DAY.

THAT FRUSTRATED SENTIMENT

FROM NICK OF SMITHTOWN.

DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS

BOOKENDED HIS DAY, BOTH HEADING

OUT AND HEADING INTO PENN

STATION.

I HAD A MEETING THIS

MORNING, WHICH I ENDED UP

MISSING.

AMTRAK POWER PROBLEMS WERE

BLAMED FOR BOTH ISSUES.

JUST THE LATEST SAY DAILY

WRITERS, IN WHAT HAS BECOME A

NORMAL ROUTINE.

TRAINS DELAYED EVERY SINGLE

DAY.

IT'S NOTHING NEW.

HE'S ALSO HAD ENOUGH.

HE DECLARED A STATE OF

EMERGENCY AT THE MTA.

SAYING THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS

DECAYING RAPIDLY.

THE CURRENT STATE OF DECLINE

IS HOLY UNACCEPTABLE.

THE GOVERNOR POINTED TO

SEVERAL ITEMS ON HIS WISH LIST,

INCLUDING AN UPGRADED SIGNAL

SYSTEM AND A FIX FOR THE POWER

GRID THAT REPEATEDLY FAILS.

HE PLEDGED AN ADDITIONAL $1

BILLION FOR THE AGENCY.

MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT WAS,

IT'S A NEW DAY IN NEW YORK.

MTA CHAIRMAN SAYS THE STATE

OF EMERGENCY WILL ALLOW THEM TO

MORE QUICKLY HIRE WORKERS TO

MAKE REPAIRS.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE SUBWAY

SYSTEM IS THE MOST PROBLEMATIC

PART OF THE MTA.

BUT ON TUESDAY, BOTH HE AND

MAYOR DE BLASIO WERE CRITICIZED

FOR BEING MISSING IN ACTION

AFTER AN A-TRAIN DERAILED IN

HARLEM.

THURSDAY, A SMILING MAYOR DE

BLASIO DITCHED HIS NORMAL SUV

MOTORCADE AND WROTE THE 2

TRAIN.

RIDERS WANT TO SEE RESULTS.

I APPLAUD THE EFFORT,

HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL GET SOMETHING

DONE.

IT IS HARD WORK WHAT THEY

DO.

BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I

THINK THEY COULD DO BETTER.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO GAVE THE

MTA CHAIRMAN 30 DAYS TO COME UP

WITH THE REORGANIZATION PLAN

FOR THE MTA.

AND 60 DAYS TO REVIEW THE MTA'S

CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH

INCLUDES SAFETY AND REPAIR

PROJECTS.