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The MTA has the responsibility for developing and implementing a unified mass transportation policy for the New York metropolitan area, including all five boroughs of New York City and the suburban counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester.
The vast metropolitan area includes New York City, the nation's most populous city; Long Island; the Mid- and Lower Hudson Valley in the State of New York; fourteen counties and eleven of the largest cities in New Jersey; and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut.
City officials announced on August 6 that de Blasio would push for a tax on wealthy New York City residents to help pay for necessary improvements in the subway. The proposal would raise between $700 million to $800 million but was criticized by Cuomo and MTA Chairman Joe Lhota for not providing money soon enough.
MTA, Corruption, A Tea House For SJP: Nixon, Cuomo Spar In Debate - New York City, NY - "Can you stop interrupting?" Cuomo asked Nixon at one point. "Can you stop lying?" she shot back.
But the city would have no say in where those districts go, giving the Cuomo-controlled MTA "unprecedented" power to fund its projects with local property tax dollars, said Dean Fuleihan,...
Cuomo is considering imposing surcharges on for-hire vehicles in the city – so-called “congestion pricing” – as a way to raise funds for the MTA, according to the New York Times.
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
NEW YORK — New York City's beleaguered subway system is in for a big cash infusion. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to invest more than $37 billion in the subways over the next ...
In June 2007, United States Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said that out of the nine finalist cities applying for the program, New York City was the farthest along in its traffic reduction planning and the city was eligible for up to $500 million for funding the congestion pricing plan.
Five of New York's counties are each coextensive with New York City's five boroughs. They are New York County ( Manhattan ), Kings County ( Brooklyn ), Bronx County ( The Bronx ), Richmond County ( Staten Island ), and Queens County ( Queens ).