MTA heads into 2025 facing uncertainty after Albany rejects budget

December 31, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A view of the L train’s Sutter Avenue station. Photo by Marc A. Hermann/MTA

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ALBANY — THE MTA HEADS INTO 2025 facing uncertainty after the state Assembly and Senate last week rejected the agency’s $65.4 billion plan to fix and upgrade New York’s mass transit system, Gothamist reports. This presents a setback for MTA Chair Janno Lieber, who called the plan necessary to keep subway, bus and railroad service in good repair. Assembly and Senate leaders cited a funding gap as the stumbling block.

Lieber was notified about the plan’s rejection on Christmas Eve, Gothamist noted — a day before it would have taken effect had Albany leaders let the bill lapse into approval.

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