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Hochul wants MTA to sell broadcasting rights on New York City’s subway system
Governor Kathy Hochul is instructing Janno Lieber, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transporation Authority (MTA), to sell broadcasting rights on New York City’s expansive subway system, which sources say will include the…
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Hochul instructs Lieber to market all MTA rail yards for development
Governor Kathy Hochul is instructing Janno Lieber, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to market the agency’s vast real estate holdings for large-scale real estate development. The MTA owns expansive rail…
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Hochul asks MTA to consider taking over Amtrak’s upstate service lines
Governor Kathy Hochul is asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber to evaluate whether or not the agency (which runs the State’s two commuter rail systems, Metro North and…
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Hochul is planning a sweeping revitalization of Coney Island, plans to double beach acreage
Governor Kathy Hochul has directed Empire State Development to begin preparing a sweeping revitalization plan for the storied Coney Island section of New York City — in what is expected to be a…
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Hochul plans to invest heavily in the MTA; will prioritize ‘TriboroRx’ over Second Avenue subway
Incoming Governor Kathy Hochul plans to invest heavily in the Metropolitan Transit Authority, including billions to modernize aging track and signal systems, to purchase new trains, to construct new subway and elevated…
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Downstate lawmakers demand more transit projects — as Chairman Kennedy declines to do so for WNY
Members of the Assembly representing Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties urge MTA Chairman Foye to add critically needed projects currently left out of the $51.5 billion MTA Capital Plan…
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Overtime surge fuels $400M payroll hike at MTA
Overtime payments jumped nearly 16 percent last year at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), fueling agency-wide average pay hikes of 6 percent, according to newly posted payroll records at SeeThroughNY.net. The increase in MTA…
