STATEN ISLAND, NY -- After a summer of bus delays and issues on Staten Island, Borough President Vito Fossella says that, while there has been improvement, he is still working to improve MTA bus service for the borough’s commuters.

“We took a snapshot, we put it on, got their attention,” said Fossella, speaking at a press conference outside the Yukon Bus Depot in New Springville on Friday. “There is progress, but folks need to know we’re not going away. We’re going to keep on this.”

For two days in June, official alerts from the MTA warned that 12 of the borough’s express bus routes had trips canceled, primarily during the early morning rush hour. Additionally, in that same time period, 23 of the 31 local and limited bus routes on Staten Island had service delay alerts on the MTA’s mob

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