Sentences with phrase «former city transportation»

«This is not the 1971 plan that I worked on for John Lindsay,» said Schwartz, a former city transportation official.

That's the influential transportation advocacy group headed by «Gridlock» Schwartz, the former city transportation commissioner.

Not exact matches

There are no statistics to show whether texting played a role in any of the fatalities, but «when you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back - to - back largest, that tells me there was a game changer,» said Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation who worked on the report.

Other recent hires include former San Francisco city official and transportation policy expert Tim Papandreou and the unit's first general counsel Kevin Vosen.

At 6 p.m., ABNY hosts the Spirit of ABNY Awards honoring former MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast, New York City Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and others, The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Center, Manhattan.

At AKPD Message and Media, Del Cecato helped devise winning media and communications strategies for clients such as President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (the first Democrat to be re-elected NYC Mayor in 32 years), Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (who later served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (the first woman to hold that post in Nassau County).

Ultimately, the mayor needs to join Gov. Andrew Cuomo in support for congestion pricing, which has proved effective in cities like London and Stockholm, according to Jon Orcutt, spokesman at the nonprofit TransitCenter and former policy director at the city's Department of Transportation.

Akselrod was District Manager of Community Board 15, an aide to former State Senator Seymour Lachman and former City Councilmember Noach Dear and a NYC Department of Transportation Analyst.

Mr. Katz cited the example of transportation funding in Los Angeles, where former mayor Antonio Villaraigosa worked with mayors of nearby cities to get Washington to vastly expand federal transportation loans to cities like his, and then supplemented that federal funding with a sales tax hike devoted to funding regional transit.

The Cuomo delegation's transportation costs were covered by supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, a former Republican candidate for New York City mayor and talk radio host who has had Cuomo as a guest a number of times.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A former New York City deputy mayor has been nominated to serve as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and current New York City mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota expressed confidence in his campaign, but sounded a warning for the city, as he spoke out on WCBS Newsradio 880 Wednesday mornCity mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota expressed confidence in his campaign, but sounded a warning for the city, as he spoke out on WCBS Newsradio 880 Wednesday morncity, as he spoke out on WCBS Newsradio 880 Wednesday morning.

«Transportation I've always said is the lifeblood of the city,» former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said.

He noted that he brought the former Department of Transportation building to the city along with the Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy.

«It's not Wi - Fi that's going to bring those riders back,» said Jon Orcutt, spokesman at TransitCenter and former policy director at the city's Department of Transportation.

Ferrer is serving on the search committee along with two former MTA leaders — Joe Lhota and Tom Prendergast, as well as Partnership for New York City president Kathryn Wylde, real estate executive Scott Rechler, Transport Workers Union leader John Samuelsen, and former U.S. transportation secretary Rodney Slater.

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.

The Democrats faced a primary battle between New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Ross, and former Transportation Commissioner James LaRocca.

Lhota was once the right - hand man to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and was former chairman of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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.

The survey from the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute showed Mr. de Blasio, the city's public advocate, beating Mr. Lhota, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation...

He pointed to former Gov. Hugh L. Carey, a Democrat, who was able to push through a capital improvement program for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city's transit system, in 1981 only after conceding to a demand by Republican legislative leaders for an independent monitor.

«The more mass transit we have, the better off we are as a city that is growing,» said Richard Ravitch, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

City Councilman Eric Ulrich is yet again defying the Queens GOP by endorsing former Metropolitan Transportation Authority head Joe Lhota for mayor.

The Institute also will award honorary degrees to Martin Friedman, former director of the Walker Art Center, and Mildred Friedman, former curator of design and architecture at the Walker Art Center; Tim Hawkinson, artist; Raymond McGuire, Citi head of global banking; and Janette Sadik - Khan, commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation.

Right now, tolling is set up in ways that just make things worse, said Sam Schwartz, a former New York City transportation commissioner, also known as «Gridlock Sam,» who is now a consultant.