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You'd think Bloomberg would have fought for this 3 years ago and not 2 months before the elections

By Liza Sabater
Created 22.08.2005 - 17:03

[via NY1: Top Stories [1]]:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pressuring the MTA to follow through on its promise to install more subway surveillance cameras.

He says after the bombings in Madrid and London, he met with the MTA's chairman to put the cameras on the fast track:

"It's up to the MTA to put cameras in and as you may remember, I had a meeting with Peter Kalokow and Ray Kelly and I did, they committed to putting in a whole bunch of cameras, expeditiously, and we're going to hold them to that commitment."

The agency plans to spend $250 million on the project, but isn't saying how many cameras will be installed, or what stations will get them.

But whom am I to chide Mr. Bloomberg? He, after all, has been awfully busy being CEO of New York City.



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