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We bring you a rare mid-day “Extra!”: Streetsblog, via Reinvent Albany, has obtained the actual contract proposal that Amtrak’s Andrew (Formerly Train Daddy) Byford tried to get MTA CEO Janno Lieber to sign — and it’s as bad a deal as Lieber said it was.

Dave Colon has the full story, and the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk has the metaphoric image:

Lose-Lose? Bay Ridge Pol Celebrates More Parking, Less Housing
Lose-Lose? Bay Ridge Pol Celebrates More Parking, Less Housing
By Sophia Lebowitz
October 15, 2026
Council Member Kayla Santosuosso bragged about securing “major benefits”: fewer units, more parking. Huh?
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