NYPTA News

The most up-to-date news on NYPTA and its affiliates. Click through each news item below:

• Memo to Leaders on Final Budget (03/31/23)
  • Letter to state leaders about the 2023 - 2024 budget. 

• Lawmakers: Support Increased Funding for New York's Public Transit Systems! (03/21/23)

• • Upstate and downstate transit systems are facing problems, and a statewide solution is needed!

• NYPTA Transit Recommendations for Final FY 2023-24 State Budget (03/20/23)

• • See recommendations for the 2023-2024 state budget. 

• Review of Transit Funding in One House Budget Bills (03/15/23) 

• • The Senate and Assembly released their 2023-24 budgets that contain significant increases in STOA for all transit systems.

• STOA Appropriations (03/15/23)

• • FYE 2024 Executive, Senate, Assembly Budget vs FYE 2023 Enacted

• Legislative Testimony (02/08/23)

  • View Bill Carpenter's NYPTA testimony for NYS legislature. 

• 2023 State Budget Testimony (02/06/23)

• • Testimony concerning the SFY 2023-24 Executive Budget Proposal Relating to Transportation

• Preliminary Summary of State Transit Funding in 2023-24 Executive Budget (02/03/23)

  • Governor Hochul released her FY 2023-24 executive budget totaling $227 billion.  

• New York Public Transit Association Testifies on Implementation of the Climate Action Council Final Scoping Plan (01/19/23)

  • “NYPTA supports the Climate Scoping Plan’s specific transportation policies and strategies that would increase the availability, accessibility, reliability, and affordability of public transit services across the state and support transition to ZEVs.” 

• New York Public Transit Association Applauds Governor Hochul’s Commitment to Improving Public Transit Across New York State (01/10/23)

  • The New York Public Transit Association (NYPTA) applauded Governor Kathy Hochul on her commitment to improving public transit, as she shared in her State of the State address.

• New York Public Transit Association Applauds Approval of New York State Climate Action Scoping Plan (12/20/22)

  • The New York Public Transit Association (NYPTA) applauded the approval of the New York State Climate Action Scoping Plan by the state’s Climate Action Council.