Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Ritchie Torres Announce $156 Million Federal Funding to Ensure ADA Accessibility at MTA Locations in District

Members Deliver Major Project Funding to Upgrade Five Transit Stations in Manhattan and The Bronx

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NEW YORK, NY – On Wednesday, May 29, 2024, starting at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) will hold a press conference to announce $156 Million federal funding secured to ensure ADA accessibility at five transit stations located in Manhattan and the Bronx.

The New York State congressional delegation played a critical role in advocating for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the creation on this new discretionary program dedicated to ensuring ADA accessibility. Funding will be used to upgrade subway stations, making them fully ADA-accessible, allowing safe and convenient travel to and through the stations. Additionally, modernization work will include installing elevators, updating platforms to reduce gaps, adding tactile platform edge warning strips, making stairway repairs, improving signage, and enhancing visual and audio systems.

WHO: Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) 
Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15)
Michael Culotta, FTA Region 2, Deputy Regional Administrator
Janno Lieber, MTA Chair and CEO
Quemuel Arroyo, MTA Chief Accessibility Officer
Oswald Feliz, NYC Council Member

WHAT: Press Conference to announce $156 Million Federal Funding to MTA

WHEN: Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

WHERE: 4 Line, Kingsbridge Road Station
(Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue)
The Bronx, NY 10468

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Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fourth term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities and serves as Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 118th Congress. He is also a member of the House Budget Committee and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Deputy Chair as well as Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). Rep. Espaillat is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.

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