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2-Page Overview: Economic Impacts of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan

January 2025

MTA’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan will support over 70,000 jobs in New York state.

The Partnership for New York City engaged Ernst & Young LLP to prepare an analysis of the potential economic impact of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposed 2025-2029 Capital Plan on New York state and its regions.

$106B

total economic output

$38B

total labor income

$58B

total GDP (value added)

This analysis does not account for the potential economic impacts of improvements to transit service and reliability as a result of capital investment in the system.