Amid all the talk over the dire financial situation befalling the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and what to do about it, there's been one glaringly missing component: the federal government.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Washington’s second most powerful Democrat, was integral in securing those funds, but when asked by amNewYork Metro about the prospect of permanent support, he was sympathetic but noncommittal.
Schumer says that further expanded funding for mass transit is dead in the water for the time being not for economic reasons but political ones: Republicans,and in love with gas-guzzling automobiles, now control the House of Representatives. So now, Schumer says, the best transit riders can hope for out of Washington is scraps.
The dean of New York’s House delegation, Jerry Nadler , had virtually the same take: he supports the idea of permanent aid but isn’t optimistic in the current Congress.on Sunday. “But with a Republican House, it’s unlikely at least during this Congress.” Pre-COVID, the feds’ contribution to the MTA’s operating budget was generally in the form of grants from the Department of Transportation. The main chunks of MTA funding consist of farebox revenue, as well as taxes and subsidies from the state and city.
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