1. Patrick Joseph Foye was born on January 31,1957 and is an American lawyer who served as Chairman and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
13 Facts About Pat Foye
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Pat Foye received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Fordham University on May 21,2022.
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Pat Foye was appointed by Governor Eliot Spitzer to be chairman of New York's Empire State Development Corporation and was a board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Pat Foye was Deputy County Executive for Economic Development under Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
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In November 2015, Pat Foye announced he would leave the position in March 2016.
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In March 2016, Pat Foye announced he would delay his departure from the position until June 2016, as no replacement had yet been named.
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Pat Foye later decided to remain in his post as executive director.
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In 2017, Pat Foye became President of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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In late July 2021, Pat Foye stepped down at the behest of Governor Cuomo to be replaced by Janno Lieber.
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In September 2021, after Andrew Cuomo stepped down, Pat Foye announced he would not become the CEO of Empire State Development, and allow Kathy Hochul to nominate her own choice.
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Since leaving government, Pat Foye has advocated on behalf of ASTM in support of their proposal for a new 8th avenue entrance to Pennsylvania Station.
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Pat Foye played a key role in ending an allegedly politically motivated traffic blockage that caused gridlock in Fort Lee, New Jersey for four days in 2013.
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Pat Foye said that the "hasty and ill-informed decision" to close lanes could have endangered lives and violated federal and state laws.