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Number of vehicles. 2,429 commuter rail cars. 6,418 subway cars. 61 SIR cars. 5,725 buses [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.
New York state public-benefit corporations and authorities operate like quasi-private corporations, with boards of directors appointed by elected officials, overseeing both publicly operated and privately operated systems. Public-benefit nonprofit corporations share characteristics with government agencies, but they are exempt from many state ...
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] 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. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...
The New York City Transit Police Department was a law enforcement agency in New York City that existed from 1953 (with the creation of the New York City Transit Authority) to 1995, and is currently part of the NYPD. The roots of this organization go back to 1936 when Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia authorized the hiring of special patrolmen for ...
NEW YORK — A new package of New York laws will help volunteers and first-responders who aided the 9/11 rescue efforts access their pension and health benefits, state officials said. Five bills ...
In 1966, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) called a strike action in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916, and 1919 against the then-private transit ...
NEW YORK CITY — MTA has a new interim New York City Transit president, just one day after the current interim president announced she is stepping down. Craig Cipriano will replace the outgoing ...
The New York City Department of Transportation ( NYCDOT) is the agency of the government of New York City [2] responsible for the management of much of New York City 's transportation infrastructure. Ydanis Rodriguez is the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, [3] and was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams on January 1, 2022. [4]
The NYPD Commissioner has allowed hundreds of officers to dodge discipline despite recommendations from a review board, according to reports. NYC transit workers want the right to strike. The St ...
The 2005 New York City transit strike was called off on December 22, 2005, following the signing of an agreement between the TWU Local 100 and the MTA, which dropped its demand for pension changes. The MTA agreed to refund $131.7 million in pension payments to its employees, to a 10.5% wage increase over 3 years and to recognize Martin Luther ...