New ideas could fix commute: City Hall contender

As commuters face what even Gov. Cuomo is calling a “summer of hell” because of track repairs at Penn Station, GOP mayoral candidate Paul Massey is unveiling a transit infrastructure plan on Monday to provide immediate and long-term commuter relief.

“Bill de Blasio once remarked he wasn’t interested in being ‘the pothole mayor,’ and it shows,” Massey told The Post.

“His neglect of our city infrastructure is a travesty, and it is making life a nightmare for New Yorkers.”

One element of the plan would create a G train loop that extends the current Brooklyn and Queens route to Manhattan.

Connecting to Manhattan would improve access and reduce travel time for residents of northern Brooklyn, who must navigate closure of the L train beginning in April 2019.

Massey also proposes a PATH expansion that would connect the west shore of Staten Island to New Jersey via light rail over the Bayonne Bridge, to help relieve traffic congestion on the island’s roads and bridges and provide an- other option into Manhattan.

Massey is facing off against Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-SI, Brooklyn) in the GOP primary for the right to challenge Mayor de Blasio, a Democrat heavily favored to win re-election.

The MTA is largely controlled by the governor, though the mayor has a voice through four appointees on its board.