Cuomo Selects Transit Veteran Prendergast as New York MTA Chief
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Thomas F. Prendergast, a 38-year transit veteran who oversees New York’s subways, will take over as chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
Prendergast, 60, who began a career in transit in his native Chicago in 1975, has presided over the city’s network of subways and buses for the past three years. He’s been serving as interim MTA executive director since January, when Chairman Joseph Lhota stepped down to a pursue a run for New York mayor.