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Dems Push for Guardrails to Shield Federal Transportation Grants From Trump Meddling
Will Senate Democrats leverage the proposed Build America 250 Act to end President Trump's meddling in transportation funding?
June 23, 2026
Lawmakers Want More Funding For Upstate Transit Than Hochul Is Offering
Some transit authorities are already cutting back as state assistance doesn’t meet the mark. And Hochul isn't coughing up the big bucks.
March 27, 2026
Trump’s Funding Freeze Has Derailed Transit, Undermining Growth and Economic Opportunity For All Americans: Report
American cities used to have some of the longest per-capita rail networks in the world. Not anymore.
March 10, 2026
Forget Free Buses: Mayor Mamdani Should Instead Seek ‘Audacious’ Subway Expansion
The same billion-dollar outlay that Mayor Mamdani hopes to allocate for fare-free buses should be spent instead on rewriting the subway map.
February 2, 2026
Public Transit Is Essential To The Success Of New York’s Affordability Agenda
If we're going to talk about transit affordability, that conversation can't stop in New York City.
Miguel Velázquez
January 14, 2026
Upstate Transit Agencies are Starving As State Slows Funding
Advocates are hoping for better luck next year as local transit authorities warn of service reductions, and the funding ask may have an ingenious solution.
November 20, 2025
Albany Running Out of Options to Close MTA Funding Gap: Watchdog
Tighten the belt and give up the frills, the Citizens Budget Commission warned.
March 21, 2025
Pressure’s on Hochul As Legislative Budget Proposals Don’t Fund MTA Capital Plan
"The clock is ticking" for Gov. Hochul to come up with a way to fund the next MTA capital — or start to pay the price in delayed projects.
March 12, 2025
Budget or Budge It? Gov. Hochul Continues Dawdling on the MTA Capital Plan
Gov. Hochul kicked off the state's budget process on Tuesday by doing exactly the opposite of what you do when you make a budget.
January 22, 2025
Albany’s Power Brokers Are Trying To Break Your Subway
Top pols in the state capital need only look in the mirror to see who's responsible for the MTA's continuing need for investment.
January 13, 2025
