NEW YORK – Sarah Feinberg will step down from her role as interim president of NYC Transit, she said Thursday, as her promised future as MTA president is left in limbo.
Feinberg the told the New York Post that his last day would be Friday. He told the newspaper that it was a good time to move on and spend more time with his family.
In early June, Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was dividing the MTA’s top job into two positions, president and CEO, and said he would name Feinberg as the agency’s chairman.
But the state Senate effectively rejected Cuomo’s proposal, and while it has not yet been officially withdrawn, it is unclear if it will happen.
Feinberg became acting president of the subway unit in February 2020 after the departure of much-loved Andy Byford.
A former MTA board member and director of the Federal Railroad Administration, Feinberg took office just as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the subway system to its knees.
“Now is a good time to get out, and to find other ways to serve, if the Senate decides to act, or to move on,” Feinberg told the Post.
If elected, Feinberg would be the first woman to lead the nation’s largest public transportation agency.
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