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Statement from MTA Chief, Policy and External Relations John J. McCarthy on Inaccurate and Nonsensical Comments Made by Member of Congress

MTA
Updated May 23, 2024 3:30 p.m.

"Janno Lieber rides the transit system every single day and everybody knows that, except for Gottheimer, a politician nobody’s ever seen on mass transit. The MTA has soaring reliability and satisfaction ratings, all while balancing its financial plan with a half billion dollars in annual savings from efficiencies. Meanwhile, Gridlock Gottheimer stays in his traffic-congesting chauffeured car doing nothing to improve transit in New Jersey, and instead sticks its riders—who got stranded again on the way home last night—with a 15% fare hike."

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Janno Lieber is not assigned an MTA vehicle and leaves security determinations to professionals at MTAPD.