Cuomo's handpicked MTA chairman says panel cleared him to hold outside jobs in an email. Now he's refusing to release that email.
News broke that MTA Chairman Joe Lhota was asked by the MTA board to hand over documentation that shows the State Ethics Panel cleared him to hold outside jobs while serving as the head of the MTA. Lhota had previously said to members of the media that the Board cleared his work arrangement in an email, but today's reports say Lhota refused to hand over that email to the MTA Board. Lhota currently holds several six figure jobs, outside of his work MTA.
"It was bad enough that Lhota is only working part-time on an issue as urgent as fixing our subways," said Cynthia Nixon. "But now, it appears that the Ethics Board may never cleared his work arrangement in the first place. Governor Cuomo personally pushed for Joe Lhota to become the head of the MTA and did so knowing he would hold these outside jobs. It is now on the Govenor to ensure these documents are released the public. Straphangers deserve to know that their MTA Chairman has their interest as his number one priority."
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