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A new audit by the state comptroller highlights safety weaknesses in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s extreme weather preparedness. In an audit released Thursday, New York Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli alleges that inspections and maintenance of flood protection equipment, particularly in the MTA’s Bridges & Tunnels and bus operations, are not always on schedule and that protocols for responding to extreme weather events like flooding and tornadoes are insufficient.
The audit, covering the period from April 2009 through July 2023, focused particularly on the MTA’s response to Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, which caused approximately $5 billion in damages and extensive coastal flooding…