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NYC DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall Resigns
By Aaron Naparstek |
Commissioner Iris Weinshall is leaving New York City’s Department of Transportation for a job as Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management at the City University of New York. The Department of Transportation press office says that Weinshall will stay on for another ten weeks. Her last day on the job will be Friday, […]
EDC’s McDonald a Leading Candidate for DOT Commissioner
By Sarah Goodyear |
From today’s Crain’s Insider: Insiders say Joan McDonald, senior vice president of transportation for the city’s Economic Development Corp., is the leading candidate to replace Iris Weinshall as transportation commissioner. McDonald has a broad resume, having worked for Jacobs Engineering Group, the city Department of Transportation, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and the Metropolitan […]
Who Will be the Next DOT Commissioner?
By Aaron Naparstek |
People are starting to kick around the names of potential successors to outgoing DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall. This morning, Crain’s Insider reports: Insiders believe that Mayor Mike Bloomberg will look inside his administration for Iris Weinshall’s replacement as transportation commissioner. But because Bloomberg will be out in 2009, top transportation people may favor state jobs: […]
NYC Gets its First Pedestrian Countdown Timer
By Aaron Naparstek |
Yesterday, the Department of Transportation installed New York City’s very first pedestrian countdown timer at the intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Kings Highway in Brooklyn. Gothamist, as usual, does a nice treatment of the story and roundup of the coverage. The thing I found most interesting about yesterday’s news was the fact that Mayor […]
Breaking: DOT Commissioner Weinshall Gets a New Job
By Aaron Naparstek |
It looks like Streetsblog’s Weinshall Watch may be over. City University of New York just announced that New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall has been appointed as Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management. There has been no resignation announcement from the Department of Transportation. And there is no word as […]
Why Hasn’t Mayor Bloomberg Announced Her Replacement?
By Aaron Naparstek |
Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall’s last day on the job is this coming Friday, April 13.