Bill: We pay enough for MTA already

CONTROLLER Scott Stringer’s call for the city to split the bill for an $836 million MTA rescue plan hasn’t swayed Mayor de Blasio.

A day after Stringer said the mayor should provide the money — as long as it comes with a memorandum of understanding laying out how the city’s funds will be spent — de Blasio seemed to agree with the strings, but not the money to which they were attached.

“I respect the controller and I think it’s important that he’s talking about overt transparency about where resources go and how they’re used,” de Blasio said.

But he tripled down on his argument that the city has already promised $2.5 billion in capital funds, and pays for policing the MTA in addition to other services. He pointed again to the state’s decision to divert $456 million from the MTA budget for other projects, and to the disparity in how much is spent to subsidize the rides of suburban rail commuters compared to city subway riders.

“Let’s get real about how much is being paid for, directly and indirectly, by the City of New York and the people of New York City,” de Blasio said.

The mayor — who previously said he would not budget around Washington’s threatened funding cuts — also said he couldn’t commit big cash with so much federal uncertainty.

“The notion that we’re going to run to give them more city taxpayer dollars when all these open questions haven’t been resolved — I’m just not there,” de Blasio said.

Outside City Hall, his Democratic primary opponent Sal Albanese said de Blasio should get there, quickly. He said if elected, he’d increase the city’s share to $1 billion a year, and would release it quicker to the MTA.

“I want to partner with Cuomo,” Albanese said. “I’m not going to try to embarrass the governor. I’m going to basically do my share — more than my share — because my constituents ride the subway.”