Sentences with phrase «mta board appointees»
The mayor was flanked by members of DC 37, a public union that endorses de Blasio for reelection; his MTA board appointee David Jones, who has criticized NYPD fare evasion arrests; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Transportation; former City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod; and a slew of elected officials and transit advocates.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio's MTA board appointee, David Jones, speaking at a press conference for Queens Councilman Rory Lancman's legislation on fare evasion arrests.
Not exact matches
In yet another «screw you» to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Republican - controlled Senate departed Albany without acting on the mayor's appointees to the MTA Board, multiple sources confirm.
Yes, Cuomo's got effective control with his six appointees to the MTA board.
According to the Journal, both MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast and former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer, who sits on the board — both of whom are Cuomo appointees, hmmm — didn't seem especially worried.
The mayor should listen to his own appointee to the MTA board, David Jones, the president of the Community Service Society, which produced this report, and help explain that it disproportionately benefits lower - income New Yorkers.
«Remember: the legislature doesn't have appointees to the MTA board.
She emphasized the role the mayor's appointees to the MTA board could play, in seeking more capital investment from the state for necessary infrastructure upgrades.