Hello, is Seymour Butz there? A damning new probe shows the cash-strapped MTA dropped a mind-boggling $250 million on an emergency subway intercom system where 50% of the calls are pranks — and ...

Straphangers are no strangers to delays caused by trash fires, but the more insidious scourge is the MTA’s cash fires. The agency has wailed that it’s broke and needs the revenue from “congestion ...