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SCHUMER: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL DELIVERS RECORD BILLIONS TO NY INFRASTRCTURE – FROM GATEWAY, PENN ACCESS, SECOND AVE SUBWAY, EAST RIVER TUNNELS & MORE; FUNDS WILL ALSO ENSURE MTA/LIRR, AIRPORTS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS, & OTHER MEANS OF TRANSIT GET MORE MONEY FROM FEDS THAN THEY HAVE IN DECADES


RECORD DEAL Schumer-Negotiated Boosts Highways & Bridges, Airports, Transit, Rail & Water/Sewer Infrastructure Funds DIRECTLY For New York Projects That Are Ready To Go & Critically Needed; Will Mean Good-Paying Jobs Also On The Way To Get All This Work Done 

Over $1.5 Billion For NY Bridge Repairs & Billions More In Formula Funds; Nearly $1B To NY’s Airports; And Billions For NY Rail & Water Need – And Billions For NY Drinking Water & Sewer Upgrade Needs – To Replace Lead Pipes and Attack Pollution Like PFAS 

Schumer: J-O-B-S and Billions Of $$ On The Way To New York To Rebuild & Revive The Empire State’s Infrastructure

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, today, announced that the bipartisan infrastructure deal he has negotiated in the Senate delivers huge for New York and will advance critical projects—from Gateway, to Penn Access, Second Ave Subway, the MTA/LIRR, East River Tunnels and more.

Schumer said these funds will ensure the bedrock of New York – its infrastructure, from water to sewers to subways, roads and bridges – gets long-awaited investments and relief needed to meet growing demands, boost the economy while safely and responsibly moving both people and goods across the state and beyond.

“The bipartisan infrastructure deal will be a record building and jobs boon for critical New York needs from Massena to Massapequa, and everywhere in between,” said U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. “Whether it’s the needs of the MTA, projects like Gateway, the Second Avenue subway, the East River Tunnels, Penn Access and others, this deal represents massive investments that will rebuild and revive the Empire State’s infrastructure. From clean drinking water to upgraded sewer to repairing bridges and subway tunnels, there is more work to be done, but billions are on the way to move on it, create good jobs and advance critical projects.”  

Schumer detailed the ‘federal pot’ as it relates to New York’s wins on transit, passenger rail, highways, airports and water.

Transit federal pot: $89.9B (compared to the last transit reauthorization in 2015)

 

FAST ACT (2015)

THIS AGREEMENT

Highway Year 5

$46.3B

62.5B

Transit Year 5

$10.1B

14.64B

 

 

 

Total Transit Formula Dollars

$48.9B

$69.9B

(MTA gets $9.43B)

Additional Transit Appropriations

$0

*$20B*

(MTA to get at least $1.3B)

Total Transit Dollars

$48.9B

$89.9B

Highway Funding:

 Specifically for New York:

  • $11.5 billion for the usual reauthorization apportionments
  • $142 million for EV charging infrastructure
  • $1.9 billion from a new vehicular bridge repair formula program

*$20B* Breakdown for NY

 

Funding

CIG (New Starts)

$8 billion (Gateway, 2d Ave Subway are eligible for the grants)

Low-No (Clean Buses)

$5.25 billion

State of Good Repair (SGR)

$4.75 billion (MTA gets at least $1.3 billion of this)

Senior/ADA Grants

$2 billion

 

Total: $20 billion

 Airport funding:

Nationally, $25 billion; $937,030,865 for New York.

Airport Name

Total

Albany International

$28,662,945

Plattsburgh International

$7,634,940

Columbia County

$1,480,000

Saratoga County

$1,480,000

Floyd Bennett Memorial

$1,480,000

Schenectady County

$1,480,000

Adirondack Regional

$1,480,000

Fulton County

$790,000

Ticonderoga Municipal

$550,000

Piseco

$550,000

Lake Placid

$550,000

Malone-Dufort

$550,000

Syracuse Hancock International

$27,339,820

Ogdensburg International

$5,101,240

Watertown International

$5,084,660

Massena International-Richards Field

$1,480,000

Potsdam Municipal/Damon Field

$1,480,000

Griffiss International

$1,480,000

Oswego County

$790,000

Cortland County-Chase Field

$790,000

Hamilton Municipal

$790,000

Greater Rochester International

$27,038,025

Penn Yan

$1,480,000

Perry-Warsaw

$790,000

Finger Lakes Regional

$790,000

Dansville Municipal

$790,000

Genesee County

$790,000

Canandaigua

$790,000

Westchester County

$22,597,580

New York Stewart International

$12,499,175

Orange County

$790,000

Sullivan County International

$790,000

Warwick Municipal

$790,000

Joseph Y Resnick

$790,000

Hudson Valley Regional

$790,000

Long Island MacArthur

$21,595,630

Republic

$3,735,000

Francis S Gabreski

$1,480,000

East Hampton

$1,480,000

Brookhaven

$1,480,000

Elizabeth Field

$550,000

Bayport Aerodrome

$550,000

John F Kennedy International

$294,682,575

Laguardia

$150,008,970

Elmira/Corning Regional

$8,555,765

Ithaca Tompkins Regional

$7,151,415

Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field

$5,143,250

Corning-Painted Post

$790,000

Tri-Cities

$790,000

Wellsville Municipal Airport,Tarantine Field

$790,000

Sidney Municipal

$790,000

Albert S. Nader Regional

$790,000

Lt Warren Eaton

$790,000

Cattaraugus County-Olean

$790,000

Hornell Municipal

$550,000

Buffalo Niagara International

$37,509,535

Niagara Falls International

$7,532,740

Chautauqua County/Dunkirk

$790,000

Chautauqua County/Jamestown

$790,000

NY Total

$937,030,865

Rail

Purpose

Amount

Objective

(Sub-Account)

Notes

Account

Amtrak -National Network

$16 Billion

$16B for Amtrak national capital backlog needs

$688 million: will save NYS its contribution to replacing the Amtrak railcars that operate upstate.

Amtrak National Network Grant Account

Amtrak -Northeast Corridor (NEC)

$6 billion

 

$6B for Amtrak NEC capital backlog ($3B for sole use, and $3B shared use capital renewal backlog)

Some will go to Gateway

Amtrak NEC Grant Account

 

Northeast Corridor Modernization

$24 billion

 

$24B for NEC modernization through NECC Connect 2035 backlog/improvements plan

These are competitive grants that Gateway, Metro-North Penn Access, and East River Tunnels will receive

Fed-State Partnership Grant Program (NEC set-aside)

Intercity passenger rail

$12 billion

$12B for development of corridor services (new/ upgraded, including high speed rail)

 

Fed-State Partnership Grant Program (non-NEC set-aside)

Total: $59 Billion

 NEW YORK WATER WINS:

  • Tens of billions for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund that can be used for grants or to forgive loans so that New York State can ensure communities have the clean drinking water they deserve
  • $10 billion carve out within the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for PFAS, 1,4-Dioxane, and other emerging contaminants to help communities in Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and across New York State.
  • Billions for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund that can be utilized by New York communities to address sewer overflow and other wastewater issues

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