MTA Subways is a proposed organizational unit of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, which would be responsible for operations of the New York City Subway

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...

 and MTA Staten Island Railway.

The merger would be part of a general restructuring of the MTA's transit operations to group like services of its various agencies (railroads, subways

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

, bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

es) into new corporations with a single operating focus. Since this would require a dissolution of existing corporations and the formation of new ones, legislation

Legislation

Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...

is required at the state level, which as of April 2006, has not been passed by the legislature.