‘Frustrated’ NYC Transit chief Richard Davey reportedly fleeing job for Massachusetts post
NY Post
Return ticket, please!
New York City Transit President Richard Davey is reportedly fleeing the Big Apple after barely lasting two years in the top job, which sources told The Post left him “frustrated.”
Davey, the former Massachusetts secretary of transportation from 2011 to 2014, is headed back to the Bay State to take over MassPort, which runs Massachusetts’ airports and ports, according to the former statehouse bureau chief for the Boston Globe, Frank Phillips on X.
Sources with knowledge of the situation have also now confirmed the planned move, Gothamist reported Tuesday.
“My trade union counterparts in Boston confirmed to me that Davey is just waiting on an approval vote from the Massport board,” said Transport Workers Union International President John Samuelsen, who represents NYC Transit’s workforce and holds a seat on the governing MTA board, to the outlet.
A Post source said Davey has complained about being “frustrated” in his current position, which has included helping to oversee the city’s controversial congestion-pricing plan and trying to combat a spike in violent subway crime.
