MTA Accuses Federal Government of Withholding Second Avenue Subway Funding

MTA accuses federal government of withholding Second Avenue subway funding

The MTA is accusing the federal government of withholding nearly $60 million for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue subway.

MTA Threatens To Sue Feds Over Second Avenue Subway Funding Freeze

The MTA has sent the federal government a letter asking them to release the funds, or they will file a lawsuit.

MTA threatens to sue feds if Second Ave. Subway funding isn’t restored

The MTA is gearing up to sue the U.S. Department of Transportation if the feds don’t stop interfering with funding for Phase 2 of the Second Ave. subway, MTA officials said Wednesday. “DOT’s refusal to comply with its payment obligations has jeopardized the project and placed the MTA in an impossible position, requiring it to plug the gap by diverting critical transportation infrastructure funding from other priorities,” Roberta Kaplan, an attor…

MTA threatens to sue Trump administration over frozen 2nd Avenue subway funds

The MTA's threat comes after a federal judge ordered the feds to release the withheld funds.

MTA threatens to sue US for frozen subway funds

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority warned the Trump administration that it will sue unless it receives about $60 million of funding for a subway extension project that’s been stalled since October.

MTA threatens Trump admin with legal action over its Second Avenue Subway funding freeze

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said on Wednesday that the agency had issued an ultimatum to the Trump administration, demanding the release of nearly $60 million in reimbursements for the East Harlem extension of the Second Avenue Subway by March 6, or face legal action.  The MTA boss, during the agency board's monthly meeting on Feb. 25, said it sent the warning letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration …