BUS STOP: B37 return is not a done deal, pols warn
Golden, Malliotakis urge MTA to vote yes
Don’t pop the champagne corks just yet. The restoration of the B37 bus line is not a done deal, according to two Republican lawmakers, who warned riders not to celebrate too early.
State Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-C-Bay Ridge-Staten Island) said it’s not a sure bet that the http://new.mta.info/ Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will vote to bring back the B37 line when it holds its board meeting on July 24. “There are no assurances,” Golden said, as he stood with Malliotakis and Bay Ridge Community Council President Renee Dorsa in a bus shelter on Third Avenue and 75th Street Thursday morning to call on the MTA to approve the proposal to restore the B37.
“There is still one week left in this fight,” Malliotakis said at the press conference. Malliotakis, who noted that the MTA will be considering the possible restoration of several bus limes around the city, not just the B37, said that she, Golden, and other elected officials in Brooklyn are eager “to make sure the B37 remains part of the proposal” when the MTA board meets next Wednesday.