Mayor Eric Adams chose Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi and city planning head Dan Garodnick to serve on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Joshi, a former chair of the city’s Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), and Gardonick, a former City Council member, were still awaiting state Senate approval of their new roles in mid-February.
Joshi and Garodnick are expected to keep their current city government roles. They would replace Adams’ current representatives on the board: Sherif Soliman, who resigned in September, and current member Frankie Miranda, who plans to step down following his replacement’s confirmation.
The MTA’s 23-person board has 13 votes. Five are given to the board’s five gubernatorial appointees, four votes are given to the mayor’s appointees, and one vote each is given to appointees from Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau counties. Representatives from Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Putnam counties each receive a quarter of a vote.
Legislation working its way through Albany would give voting authority to the board’s three rider representatives, who are picked by councils representing the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and New York City Transit.
Source: MSN
