7 Facts About Joe Lhota

1. On November 9, 2018, Joe Lhota resigned his position as chairman of the MTA without having taken his $1-a-year salary.

2. In 1994, Joe Lhota joined the administration of Mayor Rudy Giuliani, where he held several positions over Giuliani's two terms.

3. In 2016, Joe Lhota became an independent member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of MSG Networks.

4. In 2014, Joe Lhota became a board member of Cablevision Systems Corporation and was chairman of its audit committee until the company was sold in June 2016 to Altice USA.

5. From 2002 to 2015, Joe Lhota served as a member of the board of directors of First Aviation Services, Inc In 2015, FAVS became a private company.

6. In early 2014, after his mayoral run, Joe Lhota was appointed as senior vice president, vice dean, and chief of staff at NYU Langone Medical Center, in charge of "government outreach", emergency preparedness, and business planning.

7. In 2002, Joe Lhota became executive vice president of Cablevision, as well as president of Lightpath, a fiber-based telecommunications company that offered telephone and high speed data services to businesses throughout the New York area.