MTA Construction and Development Company

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MTA Construction and Development Company
MTA Construction & Development
FormerlyMTA Capital Construction Company
Company type Subsidiary
IncorporatedAugust 7, 2003;22 years ago (2003-08-07) [1]
Headquarters 2 Broadway, New York, New York
Key people
Jamie Torres-Springer, President [2]
Parent Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Website mta.info/capital

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg MTA Capital Program: An Introduction, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; July 25, 2011; 1:53 YouTube video clip
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg MTA Capital Program: Building for the Future, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; July 25, 2011; 2:09 YouTube video clip
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg MTA Capital Program: Service Reliability, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; July 25, 2011; 2:02 YouTube video clip
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg MTA Capital Program: Economic Benefits, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; July 26, 2011; 1:47 YouTube video clip

MTA Construction and Development Company (MTA C&D) is a subsidiary public benefit corporation of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), formed in July 2003 to project manage the MTA's capital improvement projects in the New York metropolitan area. It was originally founded as MTA Capital Construction Company. [1]

Contents

The agency releases a strategic plan (known as the Capital Plan) every five years that aims to strengthen, modernize, and maintain the transportation infrastructure and facilities of the MTA. [3] Funding primarily comes from local, state, and national bond sales and budgets. [4] The current capital plan is valued at $68.4 billion of investments in the region. [3]

MTA C&D is led by a President, who also serves as Chief Development officer to the MTA as whole. [1] The current president, Jamie Torres-Springer, has served in the position since 2021. [2]

Current major projects under the purview of MTA C&D include the phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway, Penn Station Access, and accessibility upgrades throughout the New York City Subway.

History

Original logo for MTA Capital Construction MTA Capital Construction and Development Company Logo.jpg
Original logo for MTA Capital Construction

Early years

MTA Capital Construction was announced in July 2003 as a new division to centralize four critical expansion projects for the MTA: [5]

The agency's inaugural president was Mysore Nagaraja. Prior to 2003, he led Capital Program efforts within New York City Transit for seven years, including the reconstruction of the 1 and 9 trains in Lower Manhattan in the wake of the September 11 attacks. [5]

Nagaraja departed the MTA in 2008 and was replaced by Michael Horodniceanu [11] [12] Horodniceanu served as president of Capital Construction through 2017, most notably overseeing the completion of Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway. Many financial issues with MTA megaprojects were unearthed during his time at the MTA. [13]

Rebranding and recent projects

Janno Lieber was appointed MTACC prsident in 2017, following a 14-year stint rebuilding the World Trade Center site with Silverstein Properties. [14] Under Lieber's tenure, the MTA Board voted to rename the agency from "MTA Capital Construction" to "MTA Construction & Development." [15] The decision was made to shift the agency's responsibilities away from its original "megaprojects" to being responsible for the entirety of the MTA's capital plan, which includes routine infrastructure maintenance, accessibility upgrades, and other improvements. [15] The reorganization took 18 months and consolidated nearly 2,000 employees who had been working in capital divisions across the MTA operating agencies under a single roof at C&D. [15]

Lieber was appointed acting Chairman of the MTA in 2021 and was replaced at C&D by Jamie Torres-Springer. [16] [2]

In October 2022, MTA C&D completed a project installing the third track on the often-congested Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road between Floral Park and Mineola, [17] and the second track from Bethpage to Ronkonkoma on the same line. [18] [19]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (December 31, 2024). "Metropolitan Transportation Authority Subsidiary Report, 2024" . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jamie Torres-Springer". Metrpolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Construction & Development". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ "About MTA Capital Construction Company". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Guha Mozumder, Suman (August 2, 2003). "Indian American engineer to head NYC projects". rediff.com . Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ Chung, Jen (November 9, 2014). "Photos: Your First Look at the Gleaming New Fulton Center Subway Hub". Gothamist. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (September 10, 2015). "Subway Station for 7 Line Opens on Far West Side". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tangel, Andrew (September 13, 2015). "New Hudson Yards Subway Station Opens on NYC's Far West Side". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ Slotnik, Daniel E.; Wolfe, Jonathan; Fitzsimmons, Emma G.; Palmer, Emily; Remnick, Noah (January 1, 2017). "Opening of Second Avenue Subway: Updates". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Introducing special Grand Central Direct service". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  11. ↑ MTA biographical information
  12. ↑ "MTA projects chief resigns". The New York Daily News. January 9, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  13. ↑ Rosenthal, Brian (December 28, 2017). "The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth". The New York Times . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  14. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (April 19, 2017). "World Trade Center Developer to Oversee M.T.A. Expansion Projects". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 "Transforming Into Construction & Development". Office of the New York State Comptroller. October 22, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  16. ↑ Guse, Clayton (July 29, 2021). "Cuomo names MTA construction chief Janno Lieber as agency's acting chairman". New York Daily News . Tribune Publishing.
  17. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (January 5, 2016). "Cuomo Revives Long-Stalled Plan to Add Track to L.I.R.R." The New York Times . p. A18. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Long Island Rail Road Double Track Project" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  19. ↑ "LIRR Main Line Expansion". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 22, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
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