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Cuomo-promoting ad is a sad tale of MTA ‘efficiency’
For once, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has proved a model of efficiency by killing two birds with one ad: It just proved the lunacy of its “no political ads” policy and put the lie to Gov. Cuomo’s claim that he doesn’t control the agency.
As The Post’s Danielle Furfaro and Carl Campanile reported, city subways are now full of election-year “public service” ads showing a beaming Cuomo with a smiling young heart-transplant recipient.
The ads are part of a $1 million campaign by the health-care-workers union Local 1199SEIU, a longtime Cuomo backer, and the city hospitals lobbying group.
Officially, the ads tout organ transplants. But they sure look like a political reward for Cuomo delivering on his promise, championed by 1199, to raise the state minimum wage to $15.
Back in 2015, recall, after losing a series of court decisions, the MTA banned all political ads — not just for candidates but even issue-advocacy posters. It even ordered the union-founded Amalgamated Bank to remove its ads touting a minimum-wage hike.
Back in 2015, recall, after losing a series of court decisions, the MTA banned all political ads — not just for candidates but even issue-advocacy posters. It even ordered the union-founded Amalgamated Bank to remove its ads touting a minimum-wage hike.
But then, those posters didn’t feature a smiling Cuomo surrounded by kids.
The governor’s office (surprise, surprise) says it’s all legal, cleared not only by MTA lawyers but also by the biggest joke in state government, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.
Anyone who suggests otherwise, adds a Cuomo spokeswoman, is “playing politics with this critical public-health issue.”
Sorry: Only the gov (OK, and his mom) would believe that his beaming photo in every subway car will spur organ donations.
Especially when riders on those same subways are finding that the “Summer of Hell” is running well into winter.
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