New York MTA News

New York City Subway Flood-Protection Projects Behind Schedule, Audit Says

Some projects designed to make New York City’s transit system more resilient in severe weather are behind schedule or over budget, according to an audit released on the same day that flash floods forced the closing of several subway lines. …

New York Gov. Cuomo: MTA Needs Plan to Reinvent Transit System

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should come up with a plan to get the system ready “for the challenges of the next century,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday in a letter to the head of the agency. “We have …

New York MTA Receives $880M Federal Aid for Sandy-Related Repairs

The first installment of about $3.8 billion in federal Superstorm Sandy aid for New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has been allocated to repair flooded tunnels and other infrastructure that was damaged by the 2012 storm. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx …