Sentences with phrase «subway action plan»

He is promoting his emergency subway action plan, which is now fully funded.

The fully funded subway action plan is going to allow the MTA to deploy innovative technology that will reduce signal - related delays and bring relief to riders faster than ever before.»

During his testimony before the state Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees, de Blasio maintained his position that the city should not have to pay half of the $ 836 million short - term subway action plan proposed by MTA Chairman Joe Lhota in July, as stipulated in Cuomo's executive budget.

The $ 1.5 billion subway action plan implemented four months ago at Cuomo's behest will in and of itself add $ 508 million to the operating budget and $ 348 million to the capital budget in each of the next four years.

«The problem with the MTA is that we have not, the collective we, have not funded the emergency subway action plan.

He kept saying he wanted this money for the subway action plan; he's got it now,» de Blasio said during NY1's «Inside City Hall.

Andrew Cuomo to immediately provide half of Lhota's $ 836 million subway action plan.

Governor Andrew Cuomo committed funds to cover the state's half of the MTA's $ 836 million subway action plan.

He complained that Cuomo forced the city to kick in $ 418 million toward the MTA's «subway action plan» to address system failures stemming from the state's neglect.

(Though he did agree to allocate $ 418 million from the FY2019 budget to the MTA's subway action plan.)

The two have asked de Blasio to fund half of Lhota's $ 836 million subway action plan, though the mayor has routinely declined.

Like the the governor (and unlike a recent independent analysis) the report also contends that the subway action plan is already showing sizable results.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson are calling on the MTA to be more transparent about the progress it has made in regards to the subway action plan.

«The governor has allocated $ 8.4 billion in the MTA capital plan, is pushing for a dedicated funding stream for the MTA and committed an additional $ 400 million for the subway action plan, while Mayor de Blasio did not meet his legal obligation to fund the capital plan and refuses to pay his fair share,» he said.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

He kept saying he wanted this money for the subway action plan; he's got it now,» de Blasio said during his weekly appearance on NY1's «Inside City Hall.»

Of the funds committed by the state, $ 254 million will go towards operating aid to fund half of the subway action plan's effort to address system failures, breakdowns, and delays.

On Monday morning, while Mr. de Blasio was testifying, the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, a group of Democrats who collaborate with the Republicans, released a survey in which they said 75 percent of city subway riders supported the city paying for half of the subway action plan.

Johnson met with Cuomo in Albany this week, and then said there were no agreements on some of the big issues they discussed — including helping the city's struggling Housing Authority and drawing up a subway action plan.

The letter also said that Johnson agreed the city should fund half of Cuomo's subway action plan, which has a price tag of roughly $ 400 million.

The mayor and the governor have been sparring over who should fund a subway action plan unveiled by MTA chairman Joe Lhota in July.

«We're glad to know that the Legislature will join the governor's call to give the MTA the stable funding stream it needs, and we continue to urge the city to do the right thing and partner with the state to fund their half of the subway action plan for the people of New York,» said Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi.

The Governor says this place will move into overdrive now that the City has agreed to pay one - half of the «subway action plan,» an $ 800 million shot in the arm for the ailing subway system.

«Most importantly, the governor has committed to funding the state's half of the subway action plan.

After MTA Chair Joe Lhota put forth an emergency subway action plan and asked the city and state to split the $ 836 million price tag, Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed and de Blasio balked, saying the city should not be on the hook for any more funds and insisting that the state repay money it had raided from the MTA — ironically, the same $ 456 million figure now being asked of the city.

They can be caused by a number of things at thousands of locations along hundreds of miles of lines.Maintenance and repair projects have been increased during the subway action plan and now it is fully funded at $ 836 million dollars.

He kept saying he wanted this money for the subway action plan.

The funding will be dedicated to an MTA «lockbox» and offer long - term funding to support the subway action plan unveiled by Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman Joe Lhota, transit improvements in the outer boroughs and a general transportation account for the city.

At his fiscal year 2019 executive budget address on Tuesday afternoon, Cuomo discussed the subway action plan unveiled by MTA Chairman Joe Lhota in July.

«Governor Cuomo's executive budget includes capital and operating support to fully fund the state's half of the $ 836 million subway action plan,» Lhota said in his opening remarks at a City Council hearing on Wednesday morning.

He also touted a subway action plan unveiled by MTA Chairman Joe Lhota in July, arguing it is «already producing positive results.»

«Chairman Lhota's subway action plan is stabilizing the subway by targeting the biggest drivers of delays across the system.»

In the state budget, it mandates that the city pays half of the subway action plan.»

Unlike de Blasio, Johnson says he would support the city forking over more cash for a subway action plan with assurances on how the money would be spent.