Sentences with phrase «transportation authority cuts»

If the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cuts the plan, megaprojects and improvements to the cramped subway system will be stalled, hurting service.

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Cuomo said this summer he's crafting a congestion pricing plan for the city as a means to cut traffic and raise funding for the beleaguered, state - run Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Joe Lhota, right, on tracks, watch as a worker cuts a gap in a section of track to create a continuous welded rail at the Avenue M Subway Station in Brooklyn, on May 7.

The budget will also grow the economy with a $ 4.2 billion middle class tax cut when fully effective and critical statewide infrastructure investments — including a new $ 55 billion State Transportation Plan that commits $ 27.14 billion for Department of Transportation and Thruway programs and $ 27.98 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a lawmaker from the East Harlem district impacted by the sudden funding cut to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's recently approved $ 26 billion capital plan, called the delay «unacceptable.»

Even a ribbon cutting for New York City's first new subway station in a quarter century couldn't keep the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and city officials from warring over transportTransportation Authority and city officials from warring over transportationtransportation funding.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

In addition to legalization of same - sex marriage and implementation of a 2 - percent annual property - tax cap, his first year in office included: a new ethics law, a partial rollback of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax, the first cut in state spending in 15 years, and a rewrite of the tax code to tax the wealthy at a higher rate and cut rates for middle income New Yorkers — an idea he opposed in the spring, only to reverse himself later as the state deficit grew.

ESU reports the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's transit grant could be cut by $ 38,325 and its Port Security Grant would be cut by $ 12,500.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon, who has spoken out against unreasonable fare increases and excessive cuts to routes, continues to work with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, advocating for cost - cutting options that don't have a negative effect on users and service.

Also at 11 a.m., the Riders Alliance, Sen. Michael Gianaris, Assembly members Jeffrey Dinowitz, Robert Carroll, Carmen de la Rosa, Luis Sepulveda and others voice their opposition to the proposed state budget cut of $ 65 million to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, southeast corner of 40th Street and Seventh Avenue, Manhattan.

Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board are expected to consider a proposal today to bring back the W subway line, which was eliminated during 2010 service cuts.

New York City Council Member Larry B. Seabrook, Chair of the Civil Rights Committee and Council Member John Liu, Chair of the Transportation will host a community meeting and speak out in District 12, on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's toll and fare increases and service cuts on bus and subway lines.

Meng and a small crowd of students held signs reading «No Cuts to Student Aid» as they decried the Metropolitan Transportation Authority actions -LSB-...]

Heastie and the Assembly Democratic conference were in Albany Tuesday for a closed - door meeting, discussing issues ranging from federal budget cuts, the state's financial concerns and in «generic terms» discussions surrounding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The authority still has another $ 8 billion to cut, and possibly even more if the federal government cuts transportation funding.

In 2009, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority responded to the fiscal hardships of the Great Recession by voting for drastic cuts to subway and bus service.

Upon reviewing the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's (NFTA) proposed cuts and changes to service, Legislator Joseph C. Lorigo became increasingly concerned about the negative impact they would have on the constituents in the 10th District, if approved.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted Dec. 16 in favor of subway service cuts that would include eliminating Astoria's W train completely in the spring.

I am eager to begin collaborating with local families, businesses and elected officials to take action on my other legislative priorities for 2013, including creating jobs, reducing the size and cost of state government (e.g.) consolidation of the Thruway Authority within the Department of Transportation, regulatory reform and making the 2011 middle - class tax cut permanent.

State Assemblyman Sean Ryan is calling for a full operational review of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, which recently approved a plan to cut one quarter of its bus routes in Erie and Niagara Counties.

In a study set to take place over the course of a year, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will look at factors such as ridership, current bus routes and the lines that were cut in 2010 at the height of the agency's financial crisis and will determine if changes can be made to benefit residents in the northeastern part of the borough.