Sentences with phrase «city transit president»

Possible replacements include Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye, New York City Transit President Veronique (Ronnie) Hakim, state Department of Transportation Commissioner Matt Driscoll, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, and former U.S. Transportation Secretary John Porcari.

Current Bridges and Tunnels executive vice president and chief financial officer Donald Spero will serve as acting president of Bridges and Tunnels while the search for a permanent New York City Transit president is on.

«We do not generally talk about such crimes so as not to encourage others to attempt this,» New York City Transit president Andy Byford told The Post.

«These brilliantly simple tools have already helped us remove almost 600 pounds of delay - causing steel dust and we look forward to removing a significant amount more thanks to the now fully0funded Subway Action Plan,» said New York City Transit President Andy Byford.

Starting at 10:30 a.m., New York City Transit President Andy Byford will field questions on Twitter for 90 minutes.

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Talk about bad timing: President Obama is due in NYC today — just as news broke about his administration's decision to cut anti-terror funding for the city's mass transit system and port security.

Most recently, Eng served as the Chief Operating Officer of the MTA and until January, concurrently held the post of the acting president of New York City Transit.

«Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams rode the C train together on March 28, 2018, to chat about transit issues as a part of her campaign for governor.

City officials are also starting to push back on these seemingly endless transit problems: As the New York Daily News reports, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has called for a study that will determine how the incessant subway delays impact the borough's economy.

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer said, «At the foundation of our city's success are well - paying jobs in Manhattan's transit - rich business districts.

He joined the MTA in 2017 as chief operating officer and was acting president of New York City Transit from October to January last year.

Cuomo is seemingly on board with the idea; so is Andy Byford, the new president of New York City Transit, who recently told City and State that if congestion pricing can «help expedite the pace of improvements and make the system work better» then «I'm all for it.»

In particular, they pointed to Mr. Prendergast's management experience — he was president of M.T.A. New York City Transit for the three years, for example.

Prendergast has served more than three years as president of MTA New York City Transit, which runs the subway and bus system in New York -LSB-...]

Among those honored at the event were New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli; Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James; New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito; and Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 President John Samuelsen.

New York City Transit Authority President Thomas Prendergast has in the past taken the reins when Lhota has been out of town, but ultimately the decision will fall to Gov. Cuomo to appoint a replacement.

«Jamaica is one of the last affordable commercial hubs in the City, yet it is strategically positioned for huge growth thanks to its available housing and amenities and its easy access to mass transit,» Borough President KATZ added.

The president of New York City Transit wants it to explain the real causes of subway delays.

New York City Transit's new president wants to modernize the agency.

The MTA has appointed James Ferrara, who heads up the agency's bridges and tunnels division, to serve as acting president of New York City Transit when Carmen Bianco retires later this month.

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Prior to serving as Assemblyman, he held positions in the City's Human Resources Administration, the Manhattan Borough President's Office and the New York City Transit Authority.

In the letter to Veronique Hakim, president of New York City Transit, he explained, «M14A and M14D bus service is critical to the Lower East Side community.

The Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer, will call on Tuesday for restoring New York City's long - abandoned suburban commuter tax to help stabilize the finances of the region's creaky mass transit network.

John Samuelsen, President of Transport Workers Union Local 100, said: «Our city's transit workers deserve the same level of respect and protections that we offer to New Yorkers each and every day.

Ms. Hakim has served as the eighth permanent president of New York City Transit since December 2015.

«We are very glad to collaborate with the Office of the Bronx Borough President, Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Council Member Arroyo, the City, New York State, and the NYC Housing Partnership, in creating a vibrant, green, mixed - use, mixed - income transit - oriented development on the doorstep of the Civic Center and the 161st Street transit,» said Aaron Segal, Secretary - Treasurer of Rockower Corp..

Funds for the $ 836 million «Subway Action Plan,» of which the state - run MTA has agreed to pay half, will dry up early next year without a cash infusion from the city, warned Tim Mulligan, acting president of New York City Trancity, warned Tim Mulligan, acting president of New York City TranCity Transit.

«There's no impending strike at the moment,» Michael Cordiello, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, told reporters at a press conference at City Hall, where he and other union leaders slammed the Bloomberg administration for creating «unnecessary fear» among parents by warning of the strike.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the shifting goal from replacing to simply repealing Obamacare, New York legislators fighting back, President Trump defending his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer, and Governor Cuomo's plunging support in light of the «summer of hell» for public transit in New York City.

The proposal, which was developed as a larger initiative by the New York City Transit Riders Council, is supported by a coalition of elected officials spearheaded by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

«It's a valid, necessary, unique, mass - transit option and this would allow Staten Islanders to go to the rest of the city and come home when work or life dictates,» Borough President James Oddo said.

New York City Transit's new president, brought in this winter from his job as the head of the Toronto Transit Commission, faces the unenviable task of fixing the city's ailing subway system and restoring faith in its vital transit netwCity Transit's new president, brought in this winter from his job as the head of the Toronto Transit Commission, faces the unenviable task of fixing the city's ailing subway system and restoring faith in its vital transit nTransit's new president, brought in this winter from his job as the head of the Toronto Transit Commission, faces the unenviable task of fixing the city's ailing subway system and restoring faith in its vital transit nTransit Commission, faces the unenviable task of fixing the city's ailing subway system and restoring faith in its vital transit netwcity's ailing subway system and restoring faith in its vital transit ntransit network.

MTA President Pat Foye missed the meeting because he was in Albany promoting a bad way of generating cash for the subways: claiming, without City Hall's say - so, property taxes resulting from certain transit improvements.

CALSTART is eager to begin working with cities and transit properties that not only want to take full advantage of the advances in zero emission bus technology, but also wanted to become part of a larger global effort to prevent climate change,» said CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel.

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The Department of Transportation tracks animal deaths in transit, but no one keeps tabs on how many die of cold or heat in cargo holds or elsewhere, said veterinarian Louise Murray, vice president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals» Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital in New York City.

New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) 1984 — 1990 Senior Vice President, Operations & Maintenance Managed operations and maintenance activities for bus and rail transport system with 43, 000 employees in eight distinct departments.

«I've done a lot of business in Europe and admire those dense cities with their excellent transit,» says Ken Hughes, president of UC Urban and developer of Dallas's Mockingbird Station, a prime example of a mixed - use, transit - oriented development.

«Transit - oriented development continues to emerge as a smart growth solution for urban cities throughout the U.S.,» said John Huskey, president of Meta Housing Corp. «By strategically placing our properties in pedestrian - friendly neighborhoods and utilizing public metro and bus systems, we have identified a viable and environmental solution to many of the traffic and parking issues which are typical in an urban neighborhood.»