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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Safety, Reliability and Frequency
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continues to make progress on bringing back riders, but ridership remains well below pre-pandemic levels, putting a major strain on its budget. The report highlights key areas of transit service — safety, reliability and frequency — where the MTA can take steps to improve riders’ experience and encourage their return, to effectively fulfil its mission and stabilize its fiscal position.
DiNapoli: MTA Must Prioritize Safety and Service to Win Riders Back
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continues to make progress on bringing back riders, but ridership remains well below pre-pandemic levels, putting a major strain on its budget. A report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli highlights key areas of transit service — safety, reliability and frequency — where the MTA can take steps to improve riders’ experience and encourage their return, to effectively fulfil its mission and stabilize its fiscal position.
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School and Local Government Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school and local government audits have been issued.
DiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that five villages were designated in fiscal stress under his Fiscal Stress Monitoring System (FSMS). DiNapoli evaluated all non-calendar year local governments and designated one village in “moderate fiscal stress” and four villages as “susceptible to fiscal stress.”
DiNapoli: MTA Budget Outlook Improves
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is on stronger financial footing than seven months ago with $1.9 billion in unanticipated resources now expected to be available over the course of the financial plan period, yet it still plans to raise fares and tolls by 15 percent over a three-year period, according to an analysis of the MTA’s financial plan released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
MTA's East Side Access Project 10 Years Late and $4.4 Billion Over Budget
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA’s) East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, is expected to cost nearly $9 billion when finished in 2019, more than twice the MTA’s initial cost estimate and a decade later than expected, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
DiNapoli: NYC Parks Can Do More to Correct Barriers to People With Disabilities
More than 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibited discrimination on the basis of a disability, too many New York City Parks Department facilities have barriers to people with disabilities and many don’t meet ADA standards, according to an audit by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Grew by Over 14% in February Compared to Last Year
Local sales tax collections in New York state increased by 14.1% in February compared to the same month in 2022, according to an analysis released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overall, local collections totaled $1.64 billion, up $203 million compared to the same time last year.