Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pat Foye

Congestion pricing: an idea whose time has come, as long as it waits its turn.

Congestion Pricing Can Still Happen in 2021 — But There Are a Lot of ‘Ifs,’ Including President Biden

By Dave Colon | Nov 19, 2020 | No Comments

Advocates are hopeful that incoming President Biden will fast-track congestion pricing so that they can still start in 2021. But how would such a thing happen? Here's our latest deep dive into the issue.

A gaggle (or is it a murder?) of NYPD officers not wearing masks at a recent protest. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mask-Wearing MTA Chief Backs Mask-Averse NYPD As Mask-Mandate Enforcers

By Dave Colon | Sep 14, 2020 | No Comments

And MTA CEO Pat Foye also dodged a question about the police department's well-documented racial bias.

The MTA needs a few thousand swipes from the federal government. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

New Evasions Underscore 24/7 Subway Service Has Become a Political Hot Potato

By Dave Colon | Aug 25, 2020 | No Comments

Cuomo, Foye pass the buck on when the trains will begin running full time again. Paging Dr. Zucker!

There's a hiring freeze, but no official cop rollback. Photo: Caitlin Plaut

MTA Won’t Cross ‘More Cops’ Off Its Shopping List

By Dave Colon | Jul 22, 2020 | No Comments

Even as the transit agency faces a debt crisis, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said the MTA's plan to hire more than 300 new police officers would not be scrapped.

Damn, you're telling me scenes like this have almost bankrupted the MTA? Photo: Kate Hinds

MTA Announces Service Cuts In Response To Coronavirus-Related Ridership Drop

By Dave Colon | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

Service cutbacks are coming to the subway, buses, and commuter rail services after weeks of declining ridership due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pat Foye, before making his congestion pricing promise. Photo: Dave Colon

MTA Boss Vows Congestion Pricing Will Happen

By Dave Colon | Feb 18, 2020 | No Comments

It would be particularly ironic if President Trump blocked congestion pricing on the grounds that it needs a lengthy environmental review, given the president's stated opposition to ... lengthy environmental review.

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