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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                  JUNE 12, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 20

                        Mayor Mamdani Recommends

               Melanie Hartzog and Janette Sadik-

                           Khan to Serve on MTA Board

             Mayor also announces Dan Garodnick and David Jones will continue serving on MTA Board

            OUR BUREAU
                                                                                                                  Mayor’s Office of Management and
            NEW YORK, NY                                                                                          Budget, and she was Director of Poli-
                                                                                                                  cy and Advocacy for the Human Ser-
                     ayor Zohran Kwame Mam-                                                                       vices Council of New York City, Inc.
                     dani  has  announced  his
                                                                                                                      Hartzog  holds  a  Master  of  Sci-
            Mrecommendation  of  Mela-                                                                            ence degree from the New School’s
            nie Hartzog and Janette Sadik-Khan                                                                    Milano School of International Af-
            to  serve  on  the  Metropolitan  Trans-                                                              fairs, Management and Urban Policy
            portation  Authority  (MTA)  Board,                                                                   and  Bachelor  of  Arts  from  Eckerd
            underscoring  his  administration’s                                                                   College.
            commitment to delivering a safe, af-
            fordable and reliable transit system.                                                                   About Janette Sadik-Khan
                Hartzog and Sadik-Khan bring a                                                                       Janette  Sadik-Khan  was  Com-
            wealth of experience in government,                                                                   missioner  of  the  NYC  Department
            nonprofit leadership and transporta-                                                                  of  Transportation  from  2007–2013
            tion policy. If confirmed by the New                                                                  under  Mayor  Michael  Bloomberg,
            York State Senate, they will help ad-                                                                 leading one of the most sweeping re-
            vance the Mayor’s vision for a transit   and alongside Dan and David, they  housing and opportunities.”  vitalizations of the city’s streets in a
            system that works for riders, includ-                                                                 half-century.
            ing his commitment to making buses   will help ensure that this city gets fast   About Melanie Hartzog    During  her  tenure,  New  York
                                              and free buses, and that riders have
            fast and free.                                                          Melanie Hartzog is the President  City added nearly 400 miles of bike
                                              strong  advocates  at  the  table.  I’m
                                              grateful for their willingness to serve.”  and CEO of The New York Found-  lanes and the first parking-protected
            Mayor     Mamdani     also   an-     “As a lifelong New Yorker, I un-  ling, one of New York’s longest-serv-  bike paths in North America. The de-
                                                                                ing  nonprofit  organizations.  The
                                                                                                                  partment she led set in motion more
            nounced that Dan Garodnick,       derstand just how essential our public   Foundling  serves  more  than  30,000   than 60 plazas across the city, includ-
                                              transportation  system  is  to  the  peo-
            former New York City Council      ple of this city because I use it every   people  every  year  in  the  New  York  ing  the  historic  plazas  that  opened
                                                                                area and Puerto Rico and has more  Broadway through Times Square to
            Member and former Director of     day and always have,” said Melanie   than 40 programs across five service   people, sparking economic recovery
                                              Hartzog, President and CEO of The
            the Department of City Planning,   New York Foundling. “I’m honored   lines  including  child  welfare,  devel-  throughout the area. She collaborat-
                                                                                                                  ed with the MTA to launch the city’s
                                                                                opmental  disabilities,  education,  ju-
            and David Jones, President and    by  Mayor  Mamdani’s  recommenda-  venile justice and health and behav- first  seven  rapid  bus  lines  and  over-
                                              tion that I serve as a member of the
            CEO of the Community Service      MTA’s Board of Directors and by the   ioral health.                 saw  hundreds  of  intersection  and
                                                                                    Prior  to  joining  The  Foundling,  street  redesigns  that  contributed  to
                                              opportunity to help ensure our tran-
            Society of New York, will contin-  sit  system  is  not  just  affordable,  ac-  Hartzog  served  as  New  York  City’s   the city’s record-low traffic fatalities.
                                                                                Deputy  Mayor  for  Health  and  Hu-
                                                                                                                  Sadik-Khan oversaw the 2013 launch
            ue to serve on the MTA Board as   cessible and reliable, but delivers the   man  Services,  overseeing  the  city’s   of  Citi  Bike,  which  sees  more  than
                                              level of service New Yorkers expect
            mayoral appointees.               and deserve.”                     social  service  agencies.  She  previ- 200,000 daily rides and which has ex-
                                                 “The New York City region works   ously  served  as  the  Director  of  the   panded to become the world’s largest
                                              because  its  transit  system  works,”   Mayor’s Office of Management and   city bike share system outside of Asia.
               “Millions  of  New  Yorkers  use                                 Budget, where she oversaw the larg-   She currently advises mayors of
            public transit every day to get to their   said  Janette  Sadik-Khan,  principal   est  municipal  budget  in  the  United   cities around the world as a principal
            jobs,  take  their  children  to  school   with  Bloomberg  Associates  and  for-  States,  responsible  for  funding  all   at Bloomberg Associates, a pro bono
                                              mer Commissioner of the NYC De-
            and visit loved ones. They should not   partment of Transportation. “As we   city  programs  and  services  for  New   consultancy that is part of Bloomberg
            settle for a system that is expensive,   enter  a  new  transportation  era,  we   Yorkers.  Before  joining  the  Office   Philanthropies. She has assisted may-
            unreliable  and  inaccessible.  My  ad-                             of  Management  and  Budget,  Hart-  ors and their teams in developing saf-
            ministration is committed to building   need  a  transportation  action  plan   zog served as Executive Director of  er, people-focused street redesigns in
                                              that  matches  our  ambitions.  I  am
            a transit system that people can count   grateful to Mayor Mamdani for the   the  Children’s  Defense  Fund.  Previ-  cities  like  Detroit,  Chicago,  Mexico
            on  —  one  with  fast  buses,  reliable   opportunity  to  serve  on  the  MTA   ously, she served as Family Services   City,  Bogotá  and  Bratislava,  includ-
            service and public infrastructure that                              Coordinator  for  the  Deputy  Mayor  ing the building of 60 pedestrian pla-
            meets  the  needs  of  a  growing  city,”   Board and to be a vote and a voice   for Health and Human Services and   zas  in  neighborhoods  across  Milan
                                              for  all  riders  looking  for  affordable
            said Mayor Mamdani. “Melanie and                                    Deputy Commissioner of the Admin- and  assisting  London  Mayor  Sadiq
            Janette have dedicated their careers   transportation  and  the  access  that   istration for Children’s Services. She  Khan  with  the  sweeping  pedestrian-
                                              our  buses  and  rail  provide  to  jobs,
            to delivering results for New Yorkers,                              also led a social services unit in the   ization of Oxford Street.

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