[cll]

On other threads they're saying that the MTA is a quasi-public NY state agency and that the Mayor can't fire anybody there. I think only Gov. Pataki or the Board of Directors of the MTA.

[Sociopathocracy]

You are correct. The MTA is a state authority. It is semi-autonomous. The governor appoints the president of the MTA.

[Maceman]

On other threads they're saying that the MTA is a quasi-public NY state agency and that the Mayor can't fire anybody there. I think only Gov. Pataki or the Board of Directors of the MTA.

You mean to tell me that Bloomberg hasn't got enough juice to get Pataki's office to move on this?

[Alberta's Child]

That's right. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has its own board of directors who answer to the governor, not the mayor. It's a regional transportation agency that covers not only the city but the surrounding New York City suburbs as well.

The New York City Transit Authority -- which was a separate city agency at one time -- is one of several agencies that now function under the umbrella of the MTA.

Mayor Bloomberg has no role in this labor dispute other than overseeing contingency planning within the City of New York.