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The president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, who controls the troubled subway of New York City, has resigned after the election of governor Andrew M. Cuomo for a third term, a senior official said Friday. State.
President Joseph J. Lhota had returned to the agency last year to oversee the public transit system after the metro crisis. He had led the agency in a previous job and helped the metro bounce back after hurricane Sandy.
Mr. Lhota was questioned about potential conflicts of interest and outside jobs as part of a survey conducted this year by the New York Times. Upon his return as president, Mr. Lhota retained his position at N.Y.U. Langone Health and joined the board of directors of Madison Square Garden, another leading institution involved in negotiations with the M.T.A. about the future of Pennsylvania Station, which lies under the garden.
Cuomo, a Democrat who oversees the subway, had appointed Mr. Lhota to run the system last June. The news of Lhota's departure was a surprise, as Mr Lhota told reporters last month that he was not leaving the agency and that his term was to end in 2021.
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