Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Protecting Transit Funds Tops NYLCV’s Transpo Agenda

By Noah Kazis | Jan 20, 2011 | No Comments

Environmental advocates’ agenda for the Cuomo Administration continues to take shape, with the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund yesterday releasing its Albany agenda for 2011 [PDF]. Topping the transportation agenda is a call to protect dedicated transit funds. Raiding dedicated transit funds and cutting the MTA payroll tax should be off the […]

Splinter Group of Senate Dems Want MTA Payroll Tax on Chopping Block

By Noah Kazis | Jan 10, 2011 | 26 Comments

The fate of the payroll mobility tax, which brings in $1.34 billion a year to the MTA, just grew a little shakier. The four members of the State Senate’s new Independent Democratic Conference, who split off from the minority Democrats last week, have come out with their agenda and included in it is a call […]

MTA Finances Grow Even Shakier Under GOP House

By Noah Kazis | Jan 7, 2011 | 7 Comments

The assault on the MTA’s already battered finances could now come from yet another front: the federal government. The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives passed a rule Wednesday that would allow reductions in federal transportation spending, including investment in transit. That puts previously secure federal funds on the negotiating table, making it […]

Watch Your Wallet, Straphangers – It’s Budget Season In Albany

By Noah Kazis | Jan 7, 2011 | 5 Comments

With one month until a budget is due (admittedly not the strictest deadline in Albany), Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature have to close a deficit nearing $10 billion. Since Cuomo has ruled out any new taxes, he hasn’t left himself with many options. So there’s no doubt that further incursions on dedicated transit funds […]

Cuomo’s First Moves Hint at Transpo Privatization, Labor Confrontation

By Noah Kazis | Jan 3, 2011 | 7 Comments

Andrew Cuomo has been governor for all of three days, but even his small first actions could have big implications. With the state’s massive deficit looming, Cuomo won’t be able to avoid tough choices and big fights, and transportation is very much in the crosshairs. Bigger news could come as early as Wednesday, when Cuomo […]

Advocates and Unions to Cuomo: Put a Stop to Transit Raids

By Ben Fried | Dec 20, 2010 | 4 Comments

A broad coalition of good government groups, transit and environmental advocates, and unions sent a letter to Andrew Cuomo on Friday [PDF] urging the incoming governor to protect straphangers by ensuring that transit revenues are spent on transit. In the last year, Albany raids have shortchanged the MTA of more than $160 million, deepening a […]

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