MTA Finances
Suffolk Wants To Join Nassau MTA Tax Lawsuit
The jockeying for positioning in the battle against the MTA Mobility Tax aka MTA Payroll Tax continues. As of last count a number of counties & towns have either filed their own or announce their desire to join lawsuits against the tax in terms of its potential constitutional legality. Suffolk County is the latest to […]
MTA Scraps Subway Car Sinking Plan
Subway cars like these will still run instead of being sunk for reef use due to the MTA’s financial crisis. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit. Over the last few years, MTA NYC Transit has found a useful way to retire subway cars whose run in passenger service was up. Instead of the cars […]
Suburbs Continue To Revolt Against MTA Tax
Over the last couple of weeks, I have written many entries about the big war breaking out between multiple towns/counties & the MTA over the constitutional legality of its Mobility aka Payroll Tax. Andrew Grossman of the Wall Street Journal looks into the growing issue more: A suburban rebellion is brewing against the payroll tax […]
MTA To Invest In Wheelchair Friendly SUV’s
As one who follows the MTA’s operations pretty strongly on a regular basis, I understand their costs & debt are not limited to the standard things most riders think. One of their biggest cost issues actually comes from a service that does not get much publicity at all, Access-A-Ride. The Access-A-Ride program, while extremely vital, […]
Rockland County Files Suit Against MTA Tax
The raging battle over the MTA Mobility Tax aka MTA Payroll Tax continues to heat up. When I last wrote about it on Wednesday, Republican Rockland County Legislator Edwin Day of New City suggested that his county should join the fight against the tax. Fast forward to this past Friday where Rockland County officially filed […]
