Julie Menin is a member of the New York City Council from District 5. Before she was elected to this position,she served as an American attorney,civil servant,non-profit executive,professor and small business owner. In January 2019,she was appointed Director of the Census for NYC and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel for Strategic Advocacy. Previously,she had worked as the Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs.
Lorraine A. Cortés-Vázquez is an American government official who serves as the commissioner of the New York City Department for the Aging,and previously served as the 65th Secretary of State of New York,appointed by Governor Eliot Spitzer and serving in the cabinets of both Spitzer and his successor,David Paterson.
Congestion pricing in New York City,also known as the Central Business District Tolling Program,began on January 5,2025. It applies to most motor vehicular traffic using the central business district area of Manhattan south of 60th Street,known as the Congestion Relief Zone,in an effort to encourage commuters to use public transportation instead. This disincentivizing fee,intended to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution,was first proposed in 2007 and included in the 2019 New York State government budget by the New York State Legislature. Tolls are collected electronically and vary depending on the time of day,type of vehicle,and whether a vehicle has an E-ZPass toll transponder. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) estimates $15 billion in available capital will be generated by bonding revenues from the tolls,which will be available to fund repairs and improvements to the subway,bus,and commuter rail systems.
The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5,2013,along with elections for Comptroller,Public Advocate,Borough President,and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent mayor of New York City,Michael Bloomberg,a Republican-turned-Independent,was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Michael Replogle is an internationally recognized expert and advisor in the field of sustainable transport. He co-founded the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) in 1985,a nonprofit organization that promotes environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation projects and policies worldwide,as well as Bikes Not Bombs in 1984. He was the president of ITDP from 1985–1992 and 1998-2009,and managing director of ITDP from 2009-2015. His seminal 1987 paper on sustainable transport was the first to define the term. In 2024,his expert testimony led to a pathbreaking settlement of a lawsuit between Hawai'i Department of Transportation and 13 youth plaintiffs,represented by Our Children's Trust and Earthjustice,for a statewide plan to decarbonize transportation by 2045,achieving a 50% reduction by 2030,with 5-year targets and annual reporting.
Joseph J. Lhota is an American public servant and a former politician who served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and was also a former deputy mayor of New York City. He was the Republican nominee in an unsuccessful bid for the 2013 election for Mayor of New York City. In January 2014,he became senior vice president,vice dean,and chief of staff at NYU Langone Medical Center. In 2017,he returned to the chairmanship of the MTA,but would not run the authority day-to-day. He resigned from that position in 2018.
Merryl H. Tisch is the former Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents and wife of James S. Tisch,an heir to the Loews Corporation. In November 2015,she stepped down from her role after nearly 20 years on the board.
Vicki L. Been is an American lawyer,public servant,and professor who served as the Deputy Mayor of New York City for Housing and Economic Development from April 2019 to December 2021. She previously served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. She is a law professor at the New York University School of Law and has served as director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
Since 1963,New York City has been using a system of bus lanes that are intended to give priority to buses,which contain more occupants than passenger and commercial vehicles. Most of these lanes are restricted to buses only at certain days and times,but some bus lanes are restricted 24/7. As of May 2021,there are 138.4 miles (222.7 km) of bus lanes within New York City.
Jainey Kumar Bavishi is an American government official who has served since January 2023 as the assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere,as well as the deputy director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),in the Biden administration.
Lana T. Hurdle is an American public official who served as the acting United States Secretary of Transportation in the Biden administration. Hurdle served in an interim capacity until Biden's nominee,Pete Buttigieg,was confirmed by the United States Senate. Hurdle serves as the deputy assistant secretary for budget and programs in the Department of Transportation.
Meera Joshi is an American attorney and government official who has been serving as New York City deputy mayor for operations since January 2022. She previously served as the deputy and acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and New York City Taxi and Limousine Commissioner.
David C. Banks is an American attorney and educator who served as the 31st New York City Schools chancellor in the administration of Mayor Eric Adams. He resigned in 2024 amidst investigations into the Eric Adams administration.
Maria Torres-Springer is an American government official and former nonprofit executive who is the First Deputy Mayor of New York City,assuming office on October 8,2024. Previously the vice president for U.S. programs at the Ford Foundation,Torres-Springer has been New York City's Deputy Mayor for Housing,Economic Development and Workforce;Commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services;and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. She was also the president and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Torres-Springer is the first Filipina to serve as First Deputy Mayor of New York City.
Peter A. Hatch is an American government official who served as the Commissioner of New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Emma Wolfe is an American government official and advisor who served as Deputy Mayor of New York City for Administration and Chief of Staff to New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.
Herminia Palacio is an American nonprofit executive who was formerly CEO of the Guttmacher Institute. She formerly served as Deputy Mayor of New York City for Health and Human Services under Bill de Blasio from 2016 to 2019.
Nuria I. Fernandez is a civil engineer who served as the administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA),from June 10,2021 to February 24,2024. After she was appointed as deputy administrator of the FTA on January 21,2021,she served as the acting administrator until her confirmation in June. Fernandez has held leadership positions in large transit agencies,including as general manager and chief executive officer of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority from 2014 to 2021,chief operating officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from 2011 to 2014,and senior vice president of design and construction for both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) from 1994 to 1997.
