Since the coronavirus outbreak placed the MTA in the position of providing essential service to New Yorkers and losing billions to ridership loss from self-quarantine measures, members of New York’s Congressional delegation is backing the authority’s $4 billion request for federal funds.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney issued a letter to House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi with several other representatives signed on that gave a hat-tip to transit workers and the importance of the MTA not only as an essential service, but one that transports essential service workers to their posts fighting the COVID-19 outbreak.