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Real reason for MTA chair Joe Lhota's resignation revealed
Joe Lhota, the former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, stepped down from the position last year due to potential conflicts of interest with his outside gigs, a report revealed...
Joe Lhota blasts de Blasio for closing schools
Mayor de Blasio is defending his decision to declare a snow day for the city's 1.1 million public school kids on Monday, saying every expert predicted there'd be a lot...
If you want the subways to improve, keep blaming Cuomo
Joe Lhota’s abrupt exit Friday as chairman of the MTA won’t make the subways any better, nor the rest of the city’s transit system. Even a top-notch successor can only...
Joe Lhota resigns as MTA chairman
Joe Lhota's day has come and gone - again. Lhota, who took on the enormous task of fixing the crumbling subway last year despite a high-powered job at NYU Langone...
MTA chairman has Twitter tantrum when faced with a transit nightmare himself
MTA Chairman Joe Lhota never seems all that upset about disrupting the subway commutes of millions of New Yorkers, but threaten to take away his fancy walkway, and he's up...
Marc Molinaro: MTA head Joe Lhota needs to go
Marc Molinaro, the Republican candidate for governor, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday to replace MTA chairman Joe Lhota after warning the transit system is in a “death spiral.” “With...
MTA to lose millions as less people want to put up with poor service
The MTA will lose millions of dollars over the next couple of years -- as fewer and fewer people want to deal with the agency's poor service. The cash-strapped agency...
MTA plan to stop subway fires isn't working
The MTA’s effort to cut down on subway fires has so far failed. Despite an expensive, yearlong effort to prevent a rash of blazes like the one that plagued the...
The MTA is still roasting subway riders
The MTA is feeling the heat from sweltering subway riders. Online complaints about steamy cars are way up, with 714 gripes pouring in via social media from April to June,...
MTA chairman under fire over high-paying side jobs
MTA Chairman Joe Lhota is violating state ethics law — and public trust — by claiming he's not an agency employee while he continues to make big bucks at other...
Blackface MTA supervisor suspended 'indefinitely'
The MTA has suspended the high-paid railroad boss who got a promotion even after his underlings reported photos of him in blackface. Officials confirmed on Thursday that they have put...
Lhota calls racism on MTA boss who wore blackface at costume party
A highly paid MTA boss won a promotion even after his colleagues reported photos of him in blackface — and now the agency’s chair is red-faced with embarrassment and outrage....
MTA union wants more cameras to protect workers
Amid a spate of assaults on subway conductors, the MTA's largest union wants body or cab cameras to protect train crew members. The Transport Workers Union Local 100 made the...
MTA boss will implement system similar to NYPD's CompStat
The MTA’s proposed radical overhaul would include a dose of healthy competition among station managers — a plan that agency chairman Joe Lhota likened to the NYPD’s CompStat data system....
Lhota admits he's 'biased' against millionaire's tax
MTA chairman Joe Lhota on Wednesday admitted he is “biased” against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to fund subway fixes with a millionaire’s tax, because it would take money out...
MTA plan to fix subways would cause a decade of delays
The MTA is set to unveil a plan to fix the city’s rotting subway signal system that would cost $37 billion — and take a decade of increased night and...
MTA chief asks subway riders to report rogue pets after pit bull attack
MTA Chairman Joe Lhota on Wednesday asked riders to snitch on all non-service dogs seen on the subways not properly enclosed in a carrier. “I encourage New Yorkers, if they...
MTA boss' vow: No more sweltering subways
Joe Lhota wants to be the coolest MTA chairman ever. The transit boss said Friday he wants a working air conditioner on every single subway car in the city this...
Cuomo: I 'tugged' Lhota's anatomy
Gross. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a cringe-worthy joke -- or perhaps a startling confession -- Thursday when explaining how he lured MTA chairman Joe Lhota back to the transit agency....
Why only robots can save the MTA now
On Friday, the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the winners of its “genius challenge” — and some of the ideas aren’t bad. But if the MTA does adopt any of...