Is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority so enraged by the cancellation of its congestion pricing toll scheme that it’s now seeking to punish New Yorkers? That’s the concern raised by a New York Post report that the MTA is halting construction projects at two rail stations “to put pressure on” Governor Hochul for pausing the “unpopular congestion pricing plan.” Even worse, the work was meant to make the stations more accessible to the handicapped.

The construction halt suspends improvements at these decades-old Long Island Rail Road stations and means riders with disabilities face an indefinite wait for a new elevator and for ramps to allow them to more easily ride the rails. If there’s any truth to the Post’s report that the work stoppage is an attempt to pressure Mrs. Hochul, and we have no reason to doubt it, it offers but the latest evidence of the lack of accountability at the transit agency.