The firm has been consulting for the MTA on derivatives since 2013. The board will also consider a five-year contract with Mohanty Gargiulo to serve as a swap adviser. That congestion-pricing initiative, which is going through an environmental-review process, is estimated to bring in $1 billion a year and back $15 billion of financing for the MTA’s capital plan. The MTA is also planning to borrow off of fees that motorists will pay to drive into Manhattan’s central business district, once the program is in place. The MTA in April sold bonds backed by a payroll mobility tax, the first-ever long-term borrowing for the agency repaid from that revenue stream.
Those novel transactions require professional guidance. The MTA owes $49 billion and plans to continue selling debt repaid with new revenue sources. The consulting firm, which is based in New York City, will work with Backstrom McCarley Berry & Co., a registered broker dealer, and Sycamore Advisors, a municipal adviser, directing 30% of its fees from the MTA to them, according to the board document. “The increase in fee reflects the significant increase in time and effort expected to be provided over the term of the contract by PRAG given the MTA’s funding needs going forward as well as a review of the time the incumbent has spent during its prior engagement relative to their compensation,” according to the board document, which a committee discussed Monday. each downgraded the MTA by two levels during the pandemic. Moody’s Investors Service and S&P Global Rating Inc. public transit system, with weekday subway ridership still a little more than half of pre-Covid levels. The pandemic has undermined the fiscal health of the largest U.S. That charge is up 26.8% from the last year of the prior contract, according to the board document.
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