KBRA Assigns AA Rating with a Negative Outlook to the MTA Transportation Revenue Variable Rate Refunding Bonds, Subseries 2002G-1f and Transportation Revenue Variable Rate Bonds, Subseries 2005D-1

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns a long-term rating of AA with a Negative Outlook to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Transportation Revenue Variable Rate Refunding Bonds, Subseries 2002G-1f (Secured Overnight Financing Rate Tender Notes) and Transportation Revenue Variable Rate Bonds, Subseries 2005D-1 (Secured Overnight Financing Rate Tender Notes).

The rating reflects the ongoing, though still slow, recovery in ridership on MTA transportation assets from the COVID-19 driven nadir in March 2020. The short-term rating assigned to TRB Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) reflects KBRA’s expectation that the MTA will have strong market access at BAN maturity given the TRB’s long-term rating.

Concurrently, KBRA affirms the long-term rating of AA with a Negative Outlook on the MTA’s outstanding Transportation Revenue Bonds. KBRA also affirms the short-term rating of K1+ on the MTA’s outstanding Transportation Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes.

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