The MTA board will answer to straphangers at a public hearing tonight, a day after they begged Albany lawmakers for a financial bailout and returned without solid assurances.
At least 68 people, including a minimum of nine politicians, are scheduled to speak about the MTA’s cutthroat plan to slash service and hike fares in response to a $1.2 billion budget deficit, according to list released to The Post.
The first of eight hearings will start at 6 p.m. at the Hilton New York’s Trianon Ballroom at West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue. Anyone who wants to speak can sign up until 9 p.m. at the door.
Board members have stressed the only financial rescue can come from Albany.
MTA Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger said he felt like progress was made after lobbying lawmakers yesterday.
While the Assembly has shown support for a business payroll tax to help fund the agency, lawmakers were not warm to the idea of new bridge tolls.