Recipient of federal assistance · NEW YORK, NY

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY received $2.6B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 51 actions, −23% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $29.4B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($2.6B).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.6B
New awards
16
Actions
51
Since FY2021
$29.4B
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Location
NEW YORK, NY
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.9BFY2021
  2. 14.6BFY2022
  3. 2.4BFY2023
  4. 3.4BFY2024
  5. 3.4BFY2025
  6. 2.6BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.6B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$1.4B55%
  2. 20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants$614.6M23%
  3. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$328.1M13%
  4. 20.533 · All Stations Accessibility Program$156.5M6.0%
  5. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$42.6M1.6%
  6. 97.075 · Rail and Transit Security Grant Program$33.9M1.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$2.6B99%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Emergency Management Agency$33.9M1.3%
    Department of Homeland Security

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL REIMBURSE THE MTA FOR NYCT VEHICLE NON-VEHICLE AND FACILITY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.; ACTIVITIES…$2.2B
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 9, 2024 – Dec 17, 2025· NY-2024-057
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL REIMBURSE THE MTA FOR NYCT VEHICLES NON-VEHICLE AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AT THE FACILITY…$2B
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 19, 2024 – Dec 18, 2025· NY-2024-056
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE IS TO CONSTRUCT THE SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY PHASE 2 PROJECT.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE…$1.6B
    20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Nov 4, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· NY-2023-106
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL REIMBURSE THE MTA FOR NYCT VEHICLE NON-VEHICLE AND FACILITY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.; ACTIVITIES…$1.1B
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· NY-2026-013
  5. MTA NYCT CR SEC. 5324 FLOOD MITIGATION IN YARDS$503.1M
    20.527 · Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Jan 5, 2026 – Jan 5, 2026· NY-2018-052
  6. MTA CCC EAST SIDE ACCESS (CONT`D)$465.4M
    20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Sep 14, 2021 – Jan 5, 2026· NY-03-0344

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.6M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY$2.6M100%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.7M paid out · $70.5K received
  • FY2022: $27.3M paid out · $2M received
  • FY2023: $18.4M paid out · $812.1K received
  • FY2024: $7.6M paid out · $4.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.6M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.