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Port Authority's Foye Hired to Help Lead Troubled MTA

Also on Thursday, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners elected Kevin O'Toole as chairman of the Port Authority Board and approved Rick Cotton, a former top executive at NBC Universal, who most recently served as Gov. Cuomo's special counsel for interagency initiatives, as the agency's new executive director.

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on August 04, 2017

Patrick Foye visited Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, NY in 2015 as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Patrick Foye visited Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, NY in 2015 as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

NEW YORK CITY—Patrick Foye, who left his post as executive director of the Port Authority earlier this week , has been named president of the troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Newly named MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, trying to cope with the “Summer of Hell,” announced on Thursday the appointment of Foye as president of the MTA and Veronique Hakim as managing director of the MTA. Both will serve in the newly created “Office of the Chairman.  Foye and Hakim will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the MTA with Foye charged with leading innovation and modernization initiatives, while Hakim will be responsible for the operations of the authority, the MTA states.

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