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Lawmakers Want More Funding For Upstate Transit Than Hochul Is Offering
Some transit authorities are already cutting back as state assistance doesn’t meet the mark. And Hochul isn't coughing up the big bucks.
March 30, 2026
Trump’s Funding Freeze Has Derailed Transit, Undermining Growth and Economic Opportunity For All Americans: Report
American cities used to have some of the longest per-capita rail networks in the world. Not anymore.
March 11, 2026
Budget Crunch: Advocates Push Mamdani For Massive Fair Fares Expansion
The expansion would offer free transit on the subway and bus for people making up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, which is not a lot.
February 5, 2026
Opinion: Transit Watchword Should Be Synergy, Not Scarcity
Two fantastic transit ideas — fast and free buses, and a 17-percent expansion of subway mileage — are being set up as adversaries. But they're complementary.
February 3, 2026
Forget Free Buses: Mayor Mamdani Should Instead Seek ‘Audacious’ Subway Expansion
The same billion-dollar outlay that Mayor Mamdani hopes to allocate for fare-free buses should be spent instead on rewriting the subway map.
February 2, 2026
Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding
"When you're talking about taking away money from transit, your proposal is flawed from the get-go," said one expert.
November 18, 2025
Judge Orders Trump to Restore $34M in Security Funding to MTA
DHS overstepped its authority when it attempted to tie money from the Transit Security Grant Program to the Trump administration's efforts to deport immigrants, Judge Lewis Kaplan said.
October 16, 2025
‘Goddamn Outrageous’: MTA Boss Blames Amtrak For Delaying ‘Penn Access’ Expansion
Janno Lieber lit into Amtrak for delays to Metro-North's Penn Station Access project: "The people in Co-op City are waiting for a goddamn train!"
October 7, 2025
The MTA Will Untangle a Notorious Subway Snarl in Brooklyn, But First It Must Decide How
"We want to make sure we have the most cost-effective scope for the Sixth and 63rd project," said one MTA official.
August 11, 2025
MTA Capital Plan Approved, But Still Raises Three Billion Questions
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June 18, 2025
