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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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