Darryl Irick Named Acting MTA President

Interim MTA Executive Director Ronnie Hakim named Darryl C. Irick Acting President of MTA New York City Transit as a nationwide search is underway for a permanent MTA Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer.

During the temporary post, Irick, the current NYCT Senior Vice President Department of Buses and President of MTA Bus Company, will oversee the MTA agency that operates subways, buses, and paratransit services. He will serve as Acting NYCT President while Ms. Hakim, the President of NYCT since 2015, serves as Interim MTA Executive Director.

Current MTA Vice-Chairman Fernando Ferrer will serve as Acting Board Chairman.  MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast retired yesterday after 25 years at the MTA.  A 7-member committee is tasked with finding and recommending candidates for a permanent MTA Chairperson and CEO to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

“I rely daily on Darryl for his judgment, advice and incredible depth of knowledge and I know with Darryl leading Transit, I can focus on the broad mission at hand assuring the entire MTA network provides the service our customers deserve while we search for a permanent Chairperson,” Hakim said.

Irick joined the MTA in 1986 as a bus operator at the Kingsbridge Depot in Manhattan, moving to progressively senior positions in operations and planning.  His father also was a NYCT bus operator and maintainer. Irick was named NYCT Senior Vice President of Buses and President of MTA Bus Company in 2011.

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