That will never happen.  We should carefully look at where our tax dollars are going; city resident taxes should be enough to run NYCT, and the city tax paid for non-residents that work in NYC (I think this exists, paid by the employer?) should ensure that the other MTA railroads are funded.<p>Ultimately, the idea of democracy is to provide equal protection for all, and so NYC&#x27;s relative prosperity should be funding some upstate initiatives.  That said, administrative control of the subway should be entirely in NYC, and if we don&#x27;t collect enough tax to run it to the standards we desire, we should be able to affect that change locally.