Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pat Foye

IN A NUTSHELL: Why Car Toll Hikes Are Crucial When Transit Fare Hikes Are an Abomination

By Streetsblog | Jan 22, 2021 | No Comments

This morning, MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye spoke for millions of transit users when he patiently explained that car drivers are (we're paraphrasing) selfish jerks who need to pay more for the damage they do to our region and our planet.

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.

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.

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