Subwaygate Affair

Subwaygate
Governor Cuomo announced the subway lines would be closed, but they cannot
be closed because as the governor should have known because of transit
strikes it takes a long time to restart the system once it has been closed
down. So, to make the governor look good, the transit authority had to
refuse passengers even though the subways were still running.

http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/38/5/all-cuomo-ghost-trains-2015-01-30-bk_38_5.html