Statement From RBNYN President Mike Elmendorf on MTA Funding Agreement
Attleboro STATEMENT FROM REBUILD NEW YORK NOW PRESIDENT MIKE ELMENDORF ON MTA FUNDING AGREEMENT
http://midequalitygroup.co.uk/events/list/?tribe-bar-date=2027-11-02 We applaud the leadership of the Governor and Mayor in coming to this funding agreement and recognizing the needs of the MTA. We now hope that the Governor and Legislature will show the same level of commitment to fully funding the road and bridge system throughout New York State. Like the Governor, who noted last year that 6,000 of our bridges and 60 percent of our roads are in need of repair, we know upstaters and their fragile economy. They are even more dependent on their highway system then downstaters are on the MTA. We hope that as next year’s budget discussions begin, the Governor and Legislature will show the same leadership for millions of upstate New York drivers who are paying to support the MTA’s capital program through their gas taxes. We need to return to parity between highway and transit funding, part of an historic agreement that has been repeatedly broken since 2010.
