Erik Engquist at Crain&#8217;s has the good news. Governor Cuomo will keep two widely respected managers at the helm of the MTA and the Port Authority: Jay Walder will be retained as MTA chairman and chief executive and Christopher Ward as executive director of the Port Authority, the source said. Both men have been informed…

Cuomo Will Retain Jay Walder and Chris Ward

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Before becoming Albany Bureau Chief in late 2025, Austin C. Jefferson was a state politics reporter for City &amp; State NY, covering state government, elections and major legislative debates. His reporting has also appeared in the Daily Freeman, Chronogram Magazine and The Legislative Gazette. Having grown up in the Hudson Valley, he&#8217;s always happy to argue about where Upstate New York truly begins.

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