MTA honcho Janno Leiber quiet on plan to fill $35B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency’s $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from ...
MTA facing 'tumultuous period' with new conditions on immigration, birth rates, Chair Janno Lieber says
Testifying at a state budget hearing in Albany, MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said his agency is “in a tumultuous period ...
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Paradigm Shift: MTA Boss Says State Should Pony Up More For Capital Plans
"Every time the MTA capital program comes up, we treat it like, 'Oh my god, they need a bailout,'" the MTA CEO said, pointing ...
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MTA names Vonashek as new president of Metro-North Railroad
Justin Vonashek will become president of the Metro-North Railroad, succeeding Catherine Rinaldi, who will retire after almost ...
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MTA touts congestion pricing success on traffic — but no revenue or air quality data yet
Robert Miller MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber said he agreed with Mack, but the agency collects 96% of its tolls and, in the end, it’s Albany’s problem to solve. “We need changes in the ...
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The Dream of All-Door Bus Boarding is Victim to MTA’s Fare Evasion Fears
"I'll take my lumps on the back door," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said about his continued unwillingness to let bus ...
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New Yorkers Keep Dying From ‘Subway Surfing.’ What’s Being Done About It?
“Listen, you have to be able to do work on top of a train car,” MTA CEO Janno Lieber said at a news conference, adding that you can’t “cover it with barbed wire.” The MTA has asked ...
LIRR ridership up in congestion pricing's first month
Overall ridership was up 13% in January, less than in December, suggesting that any congestion-pricing related gains may be ...