Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Mission
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is responsible for operating, maintaining and improving public transportation in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester). The Authority oversees the operations of the bus and subway systems in New York City, commuter railroads in the region, and seven bridges and two tunnels in New York City. This oversight includes development and financing of the operating and capital programs.
Budget Highlights
Within the Department of Transportation budget, the Executive Budget recommends over $4.6 billion in transit aid appropriations to the MTA, an increase of nearly $157 million (3.5 percent) from last year. The recommended MTA aid includes $309 million in General Fund support to offset the revenue impact of payroll tax reform on the MTA.
The FY 2017 Executive Budget reflects the Governor's commitment of $8.3 billion in State resources toward funding the MTA's $29 billion 2015-2019 capital plan that includes $26.1 billion for transit and commuter rail capital and $2.9 billion for MTA bridges and tunnels. Legislation put forth with this budget authorizes $7.3 billion of this commitment. Spending will also continue from the State's $1 billion of FY 2016 appropriations: $750 million to support the MTA’s 2015-19 core capital program and $250 million specifically to advance the MTA’s Penn Station Access project.
Spending will also continue from the State’s $770 million FY 2013 appropriation for MTA capital ($620 million remaining) and from the $1.45 billion dedicated to the MTA from the 2005 Transportation Bond Act ($386 million remaining).
The Executive Budget also includes contingent appropriations of almost $2.4 billion for the MTA. These contingent appropriations are from the Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund and the MTA Support Program Fund, and are used to ensure continuation of aid payments to the MTA in the event of temporary non-appropriation due to a late budget for the subsequent State fiscal year.
For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:
Briefing Book – Transportation (PDF)
| Category | Available 2015-16 |
Appropriations Recommended 2016-17 |
Change From 2015-16 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2016-17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aid To Localities | 2,336,636,000 | 2,373,784,000 | 37,148,000 | 0 |
| Capital Projects | 750,000,000 | 0 | (750,000,000) | 1,791,856,000 |
| Total | 3,086,636,000 | 2,373,784,000 | (712,852,000) | 1,791,856,000 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/13/2016