"The NYTimes investigated why MTA construction costs were so much higher than transit construction costs anywhere else in the world, and concluded that the answer was graft and featherbedding. Do you believe them? If so, why haven't you done anything about it? If you don't believe them, what's the real reason? And if you don't have a clear answer about the real reason, what accounting and auditing failure is the reason you don't have an answer?"