To the Editor:
NYC Council Speaker and 2021 mayoral candidate Corey Johnson is correct that City Hall can actually regain control of both the NYC Transit subway and bus systems. (“Council Speaker: Time for City To Take Control of its Transit System,” Crystal Lewis—March 15). All have long forgotten that buried within the 1953 master agreement between the City of New York and NYC Transit is an escape clause. NYC has the legal right to take back at any time control of its assets. This includes the subway and most of the bus system.
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