MTA chair tells New York lawmakers the agency needs billions and it's up to them to figure out how to get it
The MTA says it needs more than $68 billion to fund its capital plan for subway improvements. The head of the agency told ...
Gothamist18h
To fund NYC subway fixes, MTA must undo decades of distrust
MTA Chair Janno Lieber is heading to Albany on Thursday to ask lawmakers to fund the largest construction program in the ...
WINS Radio New York on MSN15h
NY transit advocate says billions in tax hikes would fix MTA
While New York’s MTA needs state lawmakers to help fix a $35.4 billion hole in its multi-year capital spending plan, a rider ...
Gothamist7h
MTA's Janno Lieber confronts Albany with risks of underfunding transit
During a state budget hearing in Albany, Lieber pulled out framed New York Post and Daily News covers from 2017's “Summer of ...
trains3d
Two arrested for stealing New York subway train
Train had been taken from layover track at station; MTA exploring new security measures to prevent further incidents ...
MTA honcho quiet on plan to fill $33B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency’s $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from ...
Mass Transit3d
Fare evasion down on MTA systems during past six months
From June 2024 through December 2024, subway fare evasion went down 26 percent and bus evasion went down 9.1 percent after ...
NY county sick of being ‘MTA’s ATM’ with little service in return — and wants out of transit agency: pols
Orange County has had enough of being used as an ATM for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and now officials want to ...
The New York Skyline7d
Fare evasion on NYC subway down 25% in last six months, MTA reports
During an MTA board meeting on Wednesday, Chair and CEO Janno Lieber announced that subway fare evasion has decreased from 14 ...
MTA pitches $68 billion capital plan in Albany amid concerns over federal funding
MTA boss Janno Lieber went before state lawmakers Thursday, defending the transit agency’s $68 billion capital budget in an ...
Subway service disrupted in Brooklyn after person struck by train: MTA
A person was struck by a subway train in Brooklyn affecting some subway lines, according to the MTA. The person was struck at the 62 Street New Utrecht Avenue ...