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Cuomo Selects Joe Lhota as Next MTA Chair
Governor Andrew Cuomo today named Joseph Lhota as his pick to run the nation's largest transit system. Lhota, a former deputy mayor and budget director under mayor Rudy Giuliani, will officially hold the position of MTA CEO after a confirmation vote by the New York State Senate, which is not expected to pose much of a hurdle.
October 20, 2011
Jay Walder Came to the MTA With a Plan to Improve Transit. Will Joe Lhota?
Any moment now, Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce that Joe Lhota, the former budget director and deputy mayor for Rudy Giuliani, will be the next chairman of the MTA. There will be a press conference and press releases -- a singular opportunity for Cuomo and Lhota to put forward their vision for the transit agency.
October 20, 2011
Cuomo Names Patrick Foye to Head Port Authority
As expected, Governor Cuomo has tapped Patrick Foye to replace Chris Ward as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
October 19, 2011
Cuomo Will Sign Complete Streets Bill Into Law
Governor Andrew Cuomo will sign complete streets legislation into law, his office announced in a press release today. Once signed, the law will require all major transportation projects in the state to consider all users, including pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
August 15, 2011
Broad Coalition Urges Cuomo to Enact Transit Lockbox
If not for Albany's theft of $260 million in dedicated transit tax revenues over the past two years, the sweeping service cuts enacted by the MTA in 2010 might have been avoided. Transit riders can't afford a repeat. With the MTA on track to take on even more debt, squeezing its operating budget for years to come, the transit system needs to retain all the funding that's supposed to go toward transit.
August 15, 2011
Cuomo: College Should Be Priced Rationally. Roads? Not So Much.
At a press conference today, Governor Cuomo touted a new plan to introduce a "rational" pricing mechanism to help the state provide critical resources to New York residents. He was talking, of course, about SUNY tuition, which will be structured to rise five percent a year for the next five years.
August 9, 2011
Remembering Hugh Carey, the Man Who Saved New York’s Transit System
Hugh Carey, governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, died yesterday at the age of 92. Even in an office held by the likes of Al Smith, Franklin Roosevelt, Nelson Rockefeller and Mario Cuomo, Carey was a giant; Mayor Ed Koch, who served at the same time as Carey, called him the greatest governor of the modern era.
August 8, 2011
Cuomo Appoints 20-Member Committee to Help Search for New MTA Chief
With about 70 days to go until Jay Walder puts in his last day as MTA CEO, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he has assembled a search committee to help pinpoint the right candidate to take over the nation's largest transit agency.
August 8, 2011
Amid Christie and Cuomo Raids, Port Authority Plans Huge Fare and Toll Hike
Crossing the Hudson River will get much more expensive under a proposed Port Authority plan to sharply increase tolls and fares on its four bridges, two tunnels and the PATH train. The increases are a result of the poor economy, the costs of rebuilding after the attacks of September 11, and the expensive repairs needed on the agency's aging infrastructure, said the Port Authority. Left unstated was the enormous cost of raids on the agency by the state governments of New York and New Jersey.
August 5, 2011
Crossover Mirror Bill Takes Effect Next January
On July 18, Governor Cuomo signed into law legislation requiring that all large trucks driven on New York City streets have crossover mirrors to allow their drivers to see what's directly in front of them. The law will take effect 180 days after the governor signed it, in mid-January.
August 3, 2011