Janette Sadik-Khan

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 Janette Sadik-Khan has one week to go before taking over as the city's new transportation commissioner. Not surprisingly, a public appearance Friday found her well prepared to push Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC congestion pricing program.

Transportation Alternatives' press release on the naming of Janette Sadik-Khan as New York City's new transportation commissioner doesn't pull any punches when it comes to her predecessors:

New York 1 covers the Mayor's announcement of New York City's new transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan.

After weeks of speculation, City Hall has announced that Janette Sadik-Khan, a senior vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff, will be the new commissioner of the NYC DOT. This from a press release issued this afternoon by the mayor's office:

Employees at the engineering consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff were recently informed that senior vice president Janette Sadik-Khan will be leaving because she has been selected by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as New York City's next Department of Transportation commissioner. She is reportedly due to start work on May 14.

With DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall set to depart city government in three weeks, sources say that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is close to announcing her replacement. The Mayor's choice will have a profound impact on day-to-day neighborhood life as well as the City of New York's long-term future. Though the DOT commissioner job search has barely been covered by the local press, this may very well be one of the most important decisions of the last 1,000 days of the Bloomberg Administration.

Sources say...

DOT Commissioner Kate Ascher: "It's not happening. It's not possible. That information is incorrect."