Day: June 13, 2011

  • Can’t they just catch a cab?

    The cash-strapped, teacher-laying-off, social-programs-slashing NYC government somehow dug up $9.3 million to subsidize a privately-run ferry service on the East River. Residents of “Dumbo, Williamsburg, Greenpoint or Hunters Point” are expected to especially benefit. …some transportation experts worry that the boats will appeal only to an affluent sliver of the population — those who can…