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Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Prioritizing the MTA's Critical Capital Needs
What to Do When You Can’t Do It All
August 23, 2022
The MTA needs significant capital investment to ensure it does not fall into a state of disrepair, leading to service disruption that hampers New Yorkers' quality of life and the region's economy.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "What to Look for in the MTA’s November 2023 Financial Plan"
November 27, 2023
The MTA is expected to release its November 2023 Financial Plan shortly. The overall budget outlook is positive. Still, caution is warranted.
Report
Transportation
Taxis, Taxes, and the MTA Funding Gap
August 25, 2015
This policy brief suggests alternatives for taxes on services regulated by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission as a potential source of filling the gap in the MTA's proposed 2015-2019 capital plan.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Submits "Testimony on Congestion Pricing and the MTA's Fiscal Health
August 17, 2023
Congestion pricing revenues will provide critical funding for one-quarter of the MTA's 2020-2024 Capital Plan—resources that are essential to ensure progress toward a state of good repair for the region's transit system.
Report
Transportation
Recessions and Revenues
The Case of the MTA
December 16, 2015
This policy brief considers the implications of a recession for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) current financial plan.
Blog
Transportation
How Much Do City Taxpayers Really Contribute to the MTA?
February 21, 2020
City taxpayers pay 71% on MTA non-toll, non-federal revenues.
Blog
Public Workforce
The High Cost of the MTA’s New Police Officers
September 25, 2019
The MTA has committed to hiring 500 new police officers to address quality of life concerns, but it is necessary to understand this strategy comes at a cost.
Blog
Taxes
Follow the Money
The MTA’s New Revenues
April 05, 2019
The NYS Adopted FY 2020 Budget directs three revenue sources to support the MTA. This blog clarifies what the revenue streams are and how they will flow to the lockbox.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Needs and Wants: What to Look for in the MTA's Twenty-Year Needs Assessment"
September 21, 2023
CBC's new report recommends five ways the MTA can ensure its upcoming Twenty-Year Needs Assessment (TYNA) includes the information that the public, policymakers, and MTA leadership need.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Stabilized, for Now: The MTA's Operating Budget's Long-Run Outlook"
July 17, 2023
The MTA still has a long-run structural gap—$900 million—that will reemerge in 2029.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "Setting the Right Ceiling: Rethinking the City’s Debt Limits and Capital Process"
April 03, 2024
CBC recommends the State reject the arbitrary, lump sum debt limit expansions the City and Executive Budget proposed, and adopt a more analytically grounded, sustainable approach.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Publishes Op-Ed "How to Fix the MTA’s Huge Budget Deficit"
November 22, 2022
Crain’s New York Business recently published an op-ed CBC President Andrew Rein about how the MTA should solve its $2.5 billion structural operating budget deficit.
Video
CBC News
MTA toll hike now in effect
Fox 5 New York
April 12, 2021
Tolls for E-ZPass drivers jumped from $6.12 to $6.55, while the charge for drivers who pay their tolls by mail rose from $9.50 to $10.17.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Late Addition
$1.6 billion in Capital Pork Served Up
July 20, 2022
CBC's new blog, "Late Addition: $1.6 billion of Capital Pork Served Up" shows that the agreement also included servings of capital 'pork' added in the final days of negotiations.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases Testimony on Adams Administration’s Housing our Neighbors Plan
July 01, 2022
Today, CBC will testify before the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings on Mayor Eric Adams’ new housing plan.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases "7 Facts about the Adams Administration’s Prior Savings Plans"
April 12, 2023
When Mayor Eric Adams’ Administration directed City agencies to implement a PEG (Program to Eliminate the Gap) last week, many were concerned about the potential service impact since the Administration had already implemented three savings plans.
Press Release
CBC News
Twenty Groups Urge MTA Board to Promptly Appoint Traffic Mobility Review Board and Ensure it Follows Open Meetings Law
November 15, 2019
Twenty groups representing rider, watchdog and industry groups today sent a letter to the MTA Board urging it to promptly appoint the Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB) and ensure that body follows the state Open Meetings Law (OML).
Report
Public Workforce
Reform at the Bargaining Table
Labor’s Participation Needed to Improve the MTA’s Financial Outlook
April 30, 2019
The MTA's fiscal outlook is dire, and improving it requires a multipronged approach. Paramount in the effort is slowing the growth of labor costs.
Press Release
CBC News
CBC Releases What to Look For in the MTA's November 2022 Budget Update
November 21, 2022
Seven key questions to understand the transit system’s budget gap and risks.
Testimony
City Budget
Testimony on Oversight of Changes to Municipal Retirees’ Health Care Plan
Testimony before the City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor
October 28, 2021
This agreement starts right and then veers off course to miss the finish line because the resulting savings do not flow to the City’s bottom line.