MTA Projects Likely to Receive Federal Funds

  2ND AVENUE SUBWAY     EAST SIDE ACCESS/ LIRR EXTENSION TO GRAND CENTRAL  
  MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01     MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 03  
  MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 05     MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 06  
  MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 08     MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 11  
February 25, 2009
New York Post

Senator Charles Schumer said that the MTA will receive $490 million in federal funds for two of its most expensive projects. As part of a Fiscal Year 2009 spending bill that the House will likely approve today and the Senate will vote on next week, $280 million will be earmarked for the Second Avenue subway and $210 million will go toward the East Side Access project connecting the Long Island Railroad to Grand Central Station.