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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order requiring public transit passengers to cover their faces went into effect Friday at 8 p.m. Cuomo did not specify penalties for disobeying the mandate ...
The MTA Inspector General is nominated by the New York State Governor and must be confirmed by the New York State Senate. [1] [13] The agency's creation was requested by then-Governor Mario Cuomo. [14] The first MTA Inspector General was Sidney Schwartz. [15] In 2019, Carolyn Pokorny became the first female MTA Inspector General. [16]
New York State Senator Leroy Comrie, who chairs the Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, which was created in 2007 to oversee the MTA, said MTA employees should be no ...
The New York Times described MTA funds as a "piggy bank" for the state, with the issuance of MTA bonds benefiting the state at the MTA's expense. [16] By 2017, a sixth of the MTA's budget was allocated to paying off debt, a threefold proportional increase from 1997.
New York City subways and buses will run at about 75% of normal operations starting March 25 and March 26 resepectively, MTA Chief Operating Officer Mario Péloquin said Tuesday.
Lhota’s letter outlined a few new steps to boost service. He said over the next 60 days, the MTA will make a roadmap for improving the subway and launch a “dashboard that presents the metrics ...
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City.
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers.