The city’s new transit chief, Jay H. Walder, is unlikely to be judged kindly by subway and bus riders if they do not see quick improvement in fraying service.
Fri 30 Oct 2009
Filed under: Russianoff, Gene, Walder, Jay H, Straphangers Campaign, New York City Transit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transit Systems, Subways — @ 4:18 am
Fri 23 Oct 2009
The Metropolitan Transit Authority wants to sign a two-year no-bid contract with a London agency that used to employ its new chairman, Jay H. Walder.
Sat 3 Oct 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has already spent $65 million in his bid for a third term, a record pace.
Sat 3 Oct 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s bid for a third term has already cost 40 percent more than his 2005 campaign, and twice what he spent on his first run for office in 2001.
Sat 3 Oct 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s bid for a third term has already cost 40 percent more than his 2005 campaign, and twice what he spent on his first run for office in 2001.
Fri 2 Oct 2009
Countdown clocks will be installed in more than 150 stations on the numbered subway lines by December 2010, but riders on the lettered lines will have to wait until at least 2014.
Wed 9 Sep 2009
Jay H. Walder, a New Yorker who led a resurgence of London’s subway system, handled himself like a seasoned politician at a hearing on Tuesday.
Sat 6 Sep 2008
Filed under: Term Limits (Political Office), Lauder, Ronald S, Russianoff, Gene, Advertising and Marketing, City Councils, Bloomberg, Michael R, Law and Legislation, New York City — @ 12:14 pm
An eclectic collection of watchdog and advocacy groups has mounted a campaign to stop the city from changing the law without a voter referendum.
Sat 6 Sep 2008
Filed under: Term Limits (Political Office), Lauder, Ronald S, Russianoff, Gene, Advertising and Marketing, City Councils, Bloomberg, Michael R, Law and Legislation, New York City — @ 6:06 am
An eclectic collection of watchdog and advocacy groups has mounted a campaign to stop the city from changing the law without a voter referendum.