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no doomsday service cuts after all:


Updated February 18th, 2021

MTA: No Service Cuts Through 2022

At a board meeting this morning, MTA Chairman Pat Boyd said that thanks to $8 billion federal aid and more than $3 billion in loans, the agency would not have to make the "doomsday" cuts they had been anticipating. Before securing the funding, the MTA's plans called for an almost 50% reduction in service and the termination of over 9,000 transit workers. Boyd stated that the funding will allow the MTA to operate without substantial cuts through the end of 2022, and even resume work on its massive modernization plan this year. Future cuts are still possible looking ahead as far as 2023, but those will largely be dependent on ridership over the next two years as the city recovers from the pandemic.