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Senate committee interviews MTA board nominees; debate centers on fare evasion, safety and a $35 million security contract
Summary
At June 11 hearings, Senate members questioned MTA board nominees about fare evasion enforcement, bus and rider safety, local contracting and support for manufacturing jobs in New York.
The New York State Senate Finance Committee (sitting jointly with the committees on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and Transportation) on June 11 interviewed nominees to Metropolitan Transportation Authority board seats and pressed candidates on fare evasion, public-safety strategies and a $35,000,000 security contract.
Committee members heard from nominees who described law-enforcement and transit experience and proposed tougher enforcement of fare evasion. James O'Donnell, a former New York State Police lieutenant who later served as chief of police for the MTA and currently represents Orange County in local government, told senators…
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