The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in North America,serving 12 counties in Downstate New York,along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation,carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide,and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.
The Henry Hudson Bridge is a double-deck steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan to the south,via the Henry Hudson Parkway. On the Manhattan side,the parkway goes into Inwood Hill Park. Commercial vehicles are not permitted on this bridge or on the parkway in general.
The lieutenant governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York. It is the second highest-ranking official in state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. Official duties dictated to the lieutenant governor under the present New York Constitution are to serve as president of the state senate,serve as acting governor in the absence of the governor from the state or the disability of the governor,or to become governor in the event of the governor's death,resignation or removal from office via impeachment. Additional statutory duties of the lieutenant governor are to serve on the New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments,the State Defense Council,and on the board of trustees of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The lieutenant governor of New York is the highest-paid lieutenant governor in the country.
MTA Construction and Development Company is a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),formed in July 2003 as MTA Capital Construction Company to manage the MTA's major capital projects in the New York metropolitan area. It mainly focuses on improving transportation infrastructure and facilities in New York City,the Hudson Valley,and Long Island areas. Funding primarily comes from local,state,and national bond sales and budgets. In 2017 Janno Lieber became MTA Capital Construction president;in 2021 he was appointed Acting Chair of the MTA.
Mets–Willets Point is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park,Queens,New York City. Prior to 2021,the station would normally be open only during New York Mets home games,the U.S. Open tennis tournament,major events,and emergencies. The station has been served full-time since 2023.
Michael Gianaris is an American politician and attorney from Queens,New York. He represented District 36 in the New York State Assembly from 2001 to 2010,and he has represented District 12 in the New York State Senate since 2011. A Democrat,Gianaris was appointed as Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate in 2019.
The Bay Ridge Branch is a rail line owned by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway in New York City. It is the longest freight-only line of the LIRR,connecting the Montauk Branch and CSX Transportation's Fremont Secondary at Glendale,Queens with the Upper New York Bay at Bay Ridge,Brooklyn.
In New York City,a planned congestion pricing project would charge vehicles traveling into or within the central business district of Manhattan. This disincentivizing fee,intended to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution,was first proposed in 2007 and included in the 2019 New York state government budget by the New York State Legislature. As of June 2024,New York governor Kathy Hochul had indefinitely postponed the congestion charge. If the plan goes into effect,tolls will be collected electronically and will vary depending on the time of day,type of vehicle,and whether a vehicle has an E-ZPass toll transponder. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) estimates a profit of $15 billion should the plan be implemented,which it intends to invest into long-term transportation initiatives citywide.
Kathleen Hochul is an American politician and lawyer who has served since August 2021 as the 57th governor of New York. A member of the Democratic Party,she is New York's first female governor and the first governor from Upstate New York since Nathan L. Miller in 1922.
The LaGuardia Link Q70 Select Bus Service bus route is a public transit line in Queens,New York City,running primarily along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. It runs between the 61st Street–Woodside station—with transfers to the New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road—and Terminals B and C at LaGuardia Airport,with one intermediate stop at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station. This route is operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand.
Patrick Joseph Foye is an American lawyer who served as Chairman and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Prior to this role,he served as President of the MTA and Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
AirTrain LaGuardia was a proposed 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) people mover system and elevated railway in New York City,United States,that would provide service to LaGuardia Airport in Queens. It would have connected with the New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in Willets Point,similar to how the existing AirTrain JFK system connects John F. Kennedy International Airport's five terminals to the LIRR in southern Queens at Jamaica station and to the subway at both Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station and Howard Beach–JFK Airport station;and how the existing AirTrain Newark station connects Newark Liberty International Airport's three terminals to NJ Transit Rail Operations and Amtrak at a dedicated station.
Tim Minton is an American television journalist,media executive,and government official.
In 2017,New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) due to ongoing reliability and crowding problems with mass transit in New York City. This order applied particularly to the New York City Subway,which was the most severely affected by dilapidated infrastructure,causing overcrowding and delays. With many parts of the system approaching or exceeding 100 years of age,general deterioration could be seen in many subway stations. By 2017,only 65% of weekday trains reached their destinations on time,the lowest rate since a transit crisis in the 1970s. To a lesser extent,New York City buses operated by the MTA were also affected. Both the subway and the buses are run by the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA),a subsidiary of the MTA. A separate crisis at Penn Station affected the routes of the three railroad agencies that provided service into the station. Media outlets deemed these crises "the summer of hell".
Grand Central Madison is a commuter rail terminal for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Part of the East Side Access project,the new terminal started construction in 2008 and opened on January 25,2023. The station sits beneath Grand Central Terminal,which serves the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Metro-North Railroad.
The 2022 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York. Kathy Hochul ascended to the governorship in August 2021,upon Andrew Cuomo's resignation following allegations of sexual harassment. She sought a full term as governor. She appointed Brian Benjamin to the position of lieutenant governor and planned to run alongside him until he too resigned in April 2022. Congressman Antonio Delgado was appointed to replace Benjamin as lieutenant governor. Hochul defeated Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for governor,while Delgado defeated Ana Maria Archila and Diana Reyna in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.
Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg is an American civic employee who previously served as the Interim President of the New York City Transit Authority from 2020 to 2021,and a former Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. She was nominated for the role of MTA Chairperson but was ultimately not selected for the position. Her background is mostly in communications.
Alicia Glen is a civil servant who served as Deputy Mayor for housing and economic development for the City of New York from 2014 to 2019. She was appointed by Bill De Blasio,and stepped down in early 2019.
Shirley Troutman is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2022. She served as an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court,Appellate Division from 2016 to 2022.
The Interborough Express (IBX) is a proposed 14-mile (23 km) 24/7 light rail line in New York City. As proposed,the line would operate on dedicated tracks within the existing right-of-way from the Bay Ridge Branch and Fremont Secondary to connect Bay Ridge,Brooklyn and Jackson Heights,Queens. As of 2023,the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) estimated that the project would be operational in 2027.
