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Even after asserting his retirement as head of the MTA on the day the Second Avenue Subway opened in 2017, Tom Prendergast figured he may not be finished with transit megaprojects.“In the back of my mind, I always knew that if an opportunity availed itself, I was going to take advantage of it,” Prendergast informed THE CITY Wednesday. Now the previous MTA chief govt — who additionally led New York Metropolis Transit and the Lengthy Island Rail Street throughout greater than 20 years with North America’s largest public-transit authority — has one other mammoth challenge on his plate as the brand…

Metropolis leaders launch ‘The People’s Plan’, a marketing campaign for a 2026 Fiscal price range that prioritizes New Yorkers. Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell Mayor Eric Adams received a casual no-confidence vote from Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander and scores of different New Yorkers throughout a Decrease Manhattan rally on Wednesday, calling for the embattled mayor’s resignation or elimination from workplace. Lander, who’s difficult Adams within the 2025 mayoral major, led the Feb. 19 rally on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse whereas rolling out “The People’s Plan,” a marketing campaign designed to form New York Metropolis’s 2026 fiscal price range. The initiative…