NYC Subway Tiles That Look Like Confederate Flag to Be Altered "These are not Confederate flags" said an MTA spokesman. The red, white and blue tiles installed decades ago at the 40th Street ...

As a result, for the past decade, it multiplied faster than rabbits. White subway tile, after all, was considered that magical combination of being both fresh and timeless.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the cash-strapped MTA to waste as much as $30 million on his latest vanity project — retiling two city tunnels in the state’s blue-and-gold color scheme — instead ...