Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the federal government’s adversarial stance toward New York is creating the need for a new approach to funding the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Normally, the ...

The MTA board approved a $21.3 billion operating budget for 2026 on Wednesday — a plan that leans heavily on a robust economy to keep New York’s transit system afloat. The plan anticipates a robust ...

State lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul are finalizing a plan to ding New Yorkers’ pocketbooks to help fund the MTA’s record-breaking capital plan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) confirmed ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s tentative deal to fund billions of dollars in MTA infrastructure projects by hiking payroll taxes on some employers in the region drew mixed reviews Tuesday, with supporters ...

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez (photo William Alatriste/New York City Council) At a contentious hours-long hearing held on Tuesday by the the City Council’s Committee on Transportation, Council ...

The clock is ticking towards the state’s April 1st budget deadline, and the Governor and State Legislature have (so far) failed to fund the $35 billion gap in the MTA’s $68 billion 2025-2029 capital ...

State lawmakers are proposing a trio of potential new taxes — including a fee for online package delivery and a surcharge to Uber and Lyft rides — to help fund the Metropolitan Transportation ...

MTA Chair Janno Lieber, who's fresh off a yearslong political fight to impose a congestion pricing toll on drivers in the heart of Manhattan, will head to Albany on Thursday to ask a joint session of ...

A Southwest Brooklyn Republican lawmaker and the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate came to Bay Ridge Friday morning to call on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation aimed at protecting ...

State Sen. Leroy Comrie joined officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for the launch of an in-person ...