New York – With New Subway Line Open, NY Transit Agency Chief To Retire

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    MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo walk on to the subway platform at the 96th Street Station during a preview event for the Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 22, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly -New York – The head of the agency that runs New York City’s transit system is retiring. The announcement comes the day after a long-awaited new subway line opened.

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    Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that Thomas Prendergast will retire early this year.

    Prendergast has been the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s chairman and CEO since 2013. The agency runs subways, buses, commuter railroads, bridges and tunnels.

    During his chairmanship, the agency has grappled with repairing damage from 2012’s Superstorm Sandy while wrapping up major new projects.

    The first portion of the Second Avenue subway line began carrying the public Sunday under Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The line has been envisioned since the 1920s.

    Last year saw the opening, on Manhattan’s far West Side, of what was then the city’s first new subway station since 1989.


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    7 years ago

    How many years did it take to open one subway line? After how many billions of dollars? How many delays and extra studies were there ? This is government at its best . We have a stupid inefficient government . Time to run government like a business . We need to complete things within the allotted time slot and under a given budget . As one who ran a lean campaign spending half the amount of money as his opponent Trump is the right man to fix this mess . Time to make America great again .