NY Lawmakers Scramble to Find Funding Source for MTA Hole (1)

New York lawmakers are scrambling to come up with a funding source to help plug a $1 billion-a-year hole created by Governor Kathy Hochul’s surprise decision Wednesday to halt a congestion pricing plan that would have funded vital transit infrastructure improvements.

Lawmakers late Thursday scrapped a last-ditch plan to raise taxes on New York City businesses through a hike on the payroll-mobility tax, according to people familiar with the matter. Instead, Democrats are working on a proposal to use undetermined funding sources to ensure the Metropolitan Transportation Authority can secure bonds that would finance its capital program.

“It’s very simply ...