Podcasts about metropolitan transit authority

April 21, 2025 - We get an update on the Trump administration's decision to take control of the long-stalled overhaul of Penn Station, Our guest, Stephen Nessen, a transportation reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, explains what had been happening under the Metropolitan Transit Authority and identifies some of the big questions moving forward.

Public streets play a big role in our day-to-day lives.  And if you've visited any large metropolitan city, you've seen just how much traffic can fill up roadways. New York City became the first city in America to implement congestion pricing, a program aimed at generating revenue and making streets less crowded. But the initiative hasn't been immune to opposition, including from the Trump administration, which has ordered the city to end the program. Janno Lieber is the chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He joins WITHpod to discuss the effects of congestion pricing in NYC, legal fights ahead and more. 

CATHY & HARRY, 40min., USA Directed by Marta Renzi, Daniel Wolff A revealing and humorous double-portrait of Catherine Murphy and Harry Roseman whose work is in collections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Metropolitan Transit Authority. “Cathy & Harry” documents how their lives revolve in joyous, dizzying intensity around work, food, friends, and each other. Get to know the filmmakers: What motivated you to make this film? We thought these two were special people, whose work and relationship should be documented. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video? We were pleased that the message came across – and a little surprised that the message seemed to be so much about their relationship. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

August 12, 2024 - Senate Transportation Committee Chair, Jeremy Cooney, a Rochester-area Democrat, is urging the governor to craft a plan to meet the capital needs of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which is in jeopardy of losing out on billions of dollars from the "pause" of planned congestion pricing.

Modesty, while a virtue, is sometimes taken too far when it comes to speaking up and promoting yourself at work. Society has conditioned women and people of color, in particular, to underestimate themselves in modesty's name. This week on Leading Up With Udemy, we are revisiting a conversation with Yvell Stanford. She speaks about teaching people to believe in themselves, advocate for themselves, and how to put modesty in a corner. Yvell is the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Deputy Chief of Organizational Design and Development. Prior to this, she spent nearly 15 years as a professor in the Black and Hispanic Studies Department at Baruch College at the City University of New York. The last episode of season six of Leading Up With Udemy drops on Wednesday, July 10th. Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.

MTA releases climate resilience roadmap Highlands residents using the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Hudson Line have spent the last year seeing their trips delayed and canceled because the railroad's tracks are submerged under floodwaters and mud from landslides. But perhaps they can take comfort in the fact that the MTA has taken the next step in addressing those increasing disruptions with the release of its Climate Resilience Roadmap. The 70 page report at bit.ly/mta-roadmap outlines solutions to the many ways in which the MTA's subways, train tracks, buses and bridges are becoming more vulnerable to the rising sea levels, heavier storms, hotter days and higher tides that New York state is already experiencing. The agency has yet to start any projects based on the report's recommendations, said Kayla Shults, an MTA representative. More details about specific projects in exact locations are expected to be released in the MTA's upcoming five-year capital plan. But for local straphangers and commuters who have, just in the last year, experienced service disruptions from floods, mudslides, landslides and a tropical storm, the report offers an invaluable guide to the ways those ever-increasing disruptions will be mitigated. The very thing that makes the Hudson Line commute so appealing - its proximity to the Hudson River - is also one of its greatest vulnerabilities, as the MTA estimates that over half of the 74-mile-long route is already susceptible to coastal surges. By the 2050s, the percentage of vulnerable tracks will grow to 80 percent as sea level rises and storms intensify, and one-sixth of the tracks will be flooded every month from high tides. Raising the tracks is the most obvious solution, but the report details other less-drastic mitigation efforts, such as improved drainage and building platforms to elevate equipment. Much of the shoreline along the tracks is especially vulnerable to flooding because it consists of riprap and other fill used to create enough land for the railroad. Building a more stable shoreline with higher rock walls and floodgates is suggested. On the other side of the tracks, the MTA estimates that 41 percent of its railroad runs next to slopes that are sufficiently steep enough to make them a landslide risk. Retaining walls can be built to mitigate the mudslides caused by heavy storms. But a retaining wall failed during an Oct. 21 storm, dumping over 350 cubic feet of soil and 250 cubic feet of cement wall debris onto the tracks, halting service for Metro-North and Amtrak. One solution to landslides may be out of the MTA's hands. The report notes that if upland properties, beyond the MTA's right-of-way, reduce runoff, then the risk of landslides would decline. On a list of short-term strategies the MTA recommends undertaking within the next five years, one of them is to "collaborate with local partners to investigate and mitigate flooding along the Hudson line." Representatives from the MTA declined to discuss what those collaborations could look like. But the illustrations for shoreline protections in the Climate Resilience Roadmap echo the strategies that the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail is undertaking for its 7.5-mile linear park from Cold Spring to Beacon. Much of the trail hugs the coastline of the Hudson River, just beyond the Metro-North right-of-way, and is being designed to withstand projected sea level rise and storm surges. "There are some areas where the existing shoreline will need some targeted repairs," said Matt Carter, a principal at the design firm ARUP, which is working on the Fjord Trail. "The existing riprap has deteriorated in some places. Creating a gentler, more erosion-resistant slope can help with sea level rise and storms." Carter said that planting native vegetation along the artificially fabricated coastline will help bind and stabilize the shore, further reducing flood risk. The MTA is in discussion with the HHFT about making sure the trail does not interfer...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the deployment of the National Guard, New York State Troopers, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority to help with the city police due to the increased amount of crime in the subway system. Some citizens feel threatened to have those in military fatigues and carrying big guns going through their bags and briefcases. Is this necessary or is it another indication that we are living in the New Normal which consists of a Garrison State? Moreover, the new surveillance technologies are omnipresent systems of mass social control, repression, and warfare promoted by the ruling elite to contain rebellion from the working class and surplus humanity. Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks about FRENEMY FIRE - LIFE IN A GARRISON STATE. Listen Live: https://groundzero.radio Archived Shows: https://aftermath.media

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Do you know what “if you see it, you can be it” means? It's a phrase designed for trailblazers like Ambassador Carrin Patman. Ambassador Patman has inspired thousands of young women to excel through her years of extraordinary service in the public and private sectors. Raised in a family dedicated to public service, Ambassador Patman has always known that she would find or create ways to strengthen her communities and pay it forward. The Ambassador, a former trial partner at Bracewell LLP, was the first woman to serve on the Firm's Management Committee; she chaired the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County; and helped establish the Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law.  In August of 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed her to be the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Iceland. A powerhouse litigator, trailblazer for women in law, and mentor to many, Ambassador Patman has helped shape the future for women and broken down barriers in gender bias.   Host Dee Martin sits down with friend and mentor, Ambassador Patman, to talk about her legendary career and extraordinary journey. They discuss the relationship between the U.S. and Iceland as longstanding allies and the continued progress both countries can achieve together. Want to learn about Iceland's utilization of different types of renewable energy? Overcoming gender bias in the workplace? How Thor's hammer is used in the United Nations? Tune in now!

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Gilbert Garcia was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and is one of five children. He earned a BA in Economics from Yale University in 1985, then joined Salomon Brothers, where he became a Vice President, in New York. In 1990, he moved to Houston, Texas to join Cisneros Asset Management Company, where he worked his way up to President, then in 2002 joined Garcia Hamilton and Associates, where he is a Managing Partner. He has been a contributor to CBNC and served on the Treasury Advisory Committee among others. From 2010-2016, he served as the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He is presently running to be the Mayor of Houston, Texas. Gilbert, his wife, and their four children live in Houston, Texas.

Going Long Podcast SERIES HIGHLIGHT Episode 341: Connecting People for Long Distance R.E.I. Success To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE. In the conversation with today's guest, Lawrence Latty, you'll learn the following:   [00:16 - 03:53] Show introduction with comments from Billy. [03:53 - 07:04] Guest introduction and first questions. [07:04 - 12:49] The backstory and decisions made that led Lawrence to this point in his journey. [12:49 - 17:15] The experience and impact of training over 900 people for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York.  [17:15 - 19:20] What it was about his father's connection to Real Estate and the experience Lawrence gained through that which led to him also taking the Real Estate investment path himself. [19:20 - 22:00] Why Lawreance decided to carry on past retirement with his Real Estate investing and educating others through his communities and groups.  [22:00 - 24:26] The reasons Lawrence chooses to connect with others and invest long distance, beyond his backyard and out of his home market location of New York.  [24:26 - 27:54] Lawrence tells us all about the community meetups he puts on; how they started and how they continue to impact so many people's lives.  [27:54 - 32:42] We hear all about Lawrence's mantra and guide to action, The Four P's.  [32:42 - 39:20] The unique way that Lawrence connects people, and the challenges and success that come with it.    Here's what Lawrence shared with us during today's conversation:    Where in the world Lawrence is based currently: The Bronx, New York. The most positive thing to happen in the past 24 hours: Letting go, and letting God! Favourite European City: Paris, France. A mistake that Lawrence would like you to learn from so that you don't have to pay full price: Just keep on moving towards your goal!It's YOU against YOU!  Book Recommendations: You Can't Hurt Me, by David Goggins - and - Who Not How, by Dan Sullivan. Be sure to reach out and connect with Lawrence Latty by using the info below:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-latty-04730815  Phone: (USA) 646-250-8430  To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE.   How to leave a review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI    Start taking action TODAY so that you can gain more Education and Control over your financial life.   Be sure to connect with Billy!  He's made it easy for you to do…Just go to any of these sites:   Website: www.billykeels.com Youtube: billykeels Facebook: Billy Keels Fan Page Instagram: @billykeels Twitter: @billykeels LinkedIn: Billy Keels

Accenture plans to invest $3 billion over three years in its Data & AI practice, joining the roster of global tech services and consulting giants investing heavily in generative AI, including Indian rivals Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services. Accenture also plans to double its AI workforce to 80,000. This news comes three months after the company announced 19,000 job cuts to reduce costs. Also, in this brief, India's technology minister reacts to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's allegations of bullying by the Indian government, including during the farmer protests in 2021. Notes: Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey has touched off another round of outrage in India, saying in a recent interview that India frequently demanded the removal of posts and accounts critical of the government, often threatening legal action against the social media platform, TechCrunch reports. Dorsey claimed the Indian government threatened to shut down Twitter's operations, raid employees' homes, and close its offices. Twitter initially resisted such demands but eventually complied with India's new IT regulations. India's technology minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has refuted Dorsey's statements, accusing Twitter of violating Indian laws and disregarding the country's sovereignty. Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a significant outage yesterday, affecting numerous major websites in the US, including The Boston Globe and the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City. The outage disrupted the ability of news organizations to publish coverage of former President Donald Trump's court appearance in Miami. The outage has been resolved. Accenture has announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & AI practice, joining the list of global tech services and consulting giants investing heavily in generative AI, including Indian rivals Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services. Accenture also plans to double its AI workforce to 80,000 professionals through hiring, acquisitions, and training, according to a press release yesterday. This announcement comes three months after the company announced 19,000 job cuts to reduce costs. As part of the investment, Accenture has launched a platform called AI Navigator for Enterprise. The company will also establish a Center for Advanced AI to maximize the value of generative AI and other emerging AI capabilities. Infosys Finacle, the core banking software subsidiary of Infosys, has won a contract from Belgium's Keytrade Bank to modernize its core banking system to make the bank's operations more efficient and provide a better customer experience. This implementation will replace the bank's legacy banking systems, Infosys said in a press release. The bank is subscribing to Finacle via a software-as-a-service model on Microsoft's Azure cloud. Hyderabad is set to host the Second India Data Observability Conference this Friday, June 16, organized by Unravel Data, a data observability platform provider. Researchers from Macquarie University, in collaboration with teams from Japan, the Netherlands, and Italy, have achieved a new speed record for an industry-standard optical fibre. The breakthrough was made possible by a compact glass chip developed by Macquarie University, which allows signals to be fed into the fibre's cores simultaneously with low levels of losses.

In this episode of the Ad Nerds Podcast, host Spanky Moskowitz discusses the importance of humor in advertising and how it can connect with audiences on a deeper level. He provides practical advice on the appropriate use of humor in messaging, keeping it light and positive while avoiding anything offensive. He also talks about the increasing digitization of advertising in New York City's subway system through programmatic ad buying, and how it's attracting new brands to the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Spanky shares an interesting case study on Columbia Sportswear's advertising strategy that uses humor effectively, focusing on how the company's products help customers engage with the outdoors. Finally, he examines Instagram's strategy to increase ad presence and discusses the potential risks of ad saturation. Key moments: Discusses the power of humor in advertising and advises on how to effectively use it (00:03:10) Talks about the transformation of advertising in the New York City subway system to programmatic buying (00:12:30) Shares a case study of Columbia Sportswear's humorous ad campaign (00:25:50) Discusses Instagram's increased ad presence and potential negative impact of ad saturation (00:33:20) Provides a personal update on his health and plans for the podcast (00:42:00) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adnerds/message

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Janet M. Miller, CEO of Colliers International Nashville, who highlights the commercial real estate firm and how she got into the business by leading business recruitment, expansion, international business and marketing in the Middle Tennessee region as the former Chief Economic Development Officer for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. During the interview, Janet talks about economic development, but the importance of putting people first. She also talks about her passion for serving in the nonprofit sector and why community service is so important personally and professionally. Janet currently serves as chairman of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center board of directors, vice chair of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and as a board member for Delta Dental of Tennessee. During the interview, she spotlights the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and their upcoming event, the NEXT Awards on October 24, and then talks about some of the things that she has learned serving on the board with Delta Dental of Tennessee.Visit www.colliers.com to learn more about Colliers International Nashville, www.ec.co to learn more about the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, or www.deltadentaltn.com to learn more about Delta Dental of Tennessee.

In this episode, Haley Garofalo speaks with Quemuel Arroyo, the Chief Accessibility Officer for the MTA. Together, they discuss his winding career path and how he came about creating a brand new role for the MTA. Quemuel Arroyo, Chief Accessibility Officer and Special Advisor to the Chairman at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Arroyo joined the MTA from Charge, a micromobility docking startup where he serves as interim President and Global Head of Community. Prior to Charge, he served as Chief Accessibility Specialist at the New York City Department of Transportation. He received a Bachelors of Arts in Urban Design and History of Architecture and Master in Public Administration from New York University. Arroyo lives in Harlem and serves on the boards of New York City Outward Bound Schools, Project Sunshine, Hudson River Community Sailing, and chair of the Heidi Latsky Dance Company. He is an avid scuba diver and takes pleasure exploring the "sixth borough", NYC's waterways. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

I was in a decided minority on the subway platform of the Second Avenue line in New York City the morning of April 19, wearing my mask as I have every day on the subway for the past two years. All around me were bared faces—where only the day before, compliance with the Metropolitan Transit Authority's (MTA) masking rule had been near-total. That says a lot about the confusion created by the 59-page decision handed down the day before by Florida U.S.

Want to avoid mistakes in Long Distance Investing?  Download your FREE document at http://keeponcashflow.clickfunnels.com/7mistakes  Going Long Podcast Episode 205: Connecting People for Long Distance R.E.I. Success In the conversation with today's guest, Lawrence Latty, you'll learn the following:   [00:16 - 03:53] Show introduction with comments from Billy. [03:53 - 07:04] Guest introduction and first questions. [07:04 - 12:49] The backstory and decisions made that led Lawrence to this point in his journey. [12:49 - 17:15] The experience and impact of training over 900 people for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York.  [17:15 - 19:20] What it was about his father's connection to Real Estate and the experience Lawrence gained through that which led to him also taking the Real Estate investment path himself. [19:20 - 22:00] Why Lawreance decided to carry on past retirement with his Real Estate investing and educating others through his communities and groups.  [22:00 - 24:26] The reasons Lawrence chooses to connect with others and invest long distance, beyond his backyard and out of his home market location of New York.  [24:26 - 27:54] Lawrence tells us all about the community meetups he puts on; how they started and how they continue to impact so many people's lives.  [27:54 - 32:42] We hear all about Lawrence's mantra and guide to action, The Four P's.  [32:42 - 39:20] The unique way that Lawrence connects people, and the challenges and success that come with it.    Here's what Lawrence shared with us during today's conversation:    Where in the world Lawrence is based currently: The Bronx, New York. The most positive thing to happen in the past 24 hours: Letting go, and letting God! Favourite European City: Paris, France. A mistake that Lawrence would like you to learn from so that you don't have to pay full price: Just keep on moving towards your goal!It's YOU against YOU!  Book Recommendations: You Can't Hurt Me, by David Goggins - and - Who Not How, by Dan Sullivan. Be sure to reach out and connect with Lawrence Latty by using the info below:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-latty-04730815  Phone: (USA) 646-250-8430  To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE.   How to leave a review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youxccbxtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI    Start taking action TODAY so that you can gain more Education and Control over your financial life.   Do you want to have more control and avoid the mistakes that I made getting started in long distance investing?  Then you can DOWNLOAD the 7 Mistakes to Avoid in Long Distance Investing Guide by clicking HERE.   Be sure to connect with Billy!  He's made it easy for you to do…Just go to any of these sites:   Website: www.billykeels.com Youtube: billykeels Facebook: Billy Keels Fan Page Instagram: @billykeels Twitter: @billykeels LinkedIn: Billy Keels

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This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss. This episode's big idea is navigation and how to implement a navigation solution that enables people with vision impairment to broadly travel cities — how and when they want to, independently. Dr. Roberts talks with Javier Pita, the creator of such a technology called NaviLens, which marries location finding with information.  Dr. Roberts also talks with representatives of New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority — one of the biggest transportation hubs in the world. They discuss the importance of accessible public transportation for people who are visually impaired and how NaviLens technology can help make independent navigation a reality.    The Big Takeaways: NaviLens system uses improved QR technology with a new type of code made up of four colors that enables it to store more information than a black and white QR code.  Using a smartphone, the NaviLens app scans the area. Once it picks up the unique NaviLens  code, the app provides the embedded information audibly to the user along with their distance/directionality from the code.  As long as the code appears anywhere in the field of view of the smartphone camera, the code is detected and information is delivered.  NaviLens is more accurate than GPS technology because it takes into account smaller distances that are crucial to navigation for people who are visually impaired. NaviLens codes can be read up to 12 times farther away than QR or bar codes as well as at 160-degree angle. Future advances to the NaviLens technology include a 360-degree technology that will register and retain the user's location so the system can still tell where they are, and guide them to the destination even if they lose contact with the code. In addition, the NaviLens GO app uses advanced technology to help users navigate indoor spaces such as stores and to locate items in the store.   This technology is elegant, inexpensive, flexible, easy to use, and fits seamlessly into a user's life. While already part of public transportation in Barcelona, cities like New York City are testing it and hope to make this technology a more integral part of their public transportation system.   Tweetables “Public transportation is the answer to so much inequity across all urban areas, and nonurban areas. If we can work to make the system as safe as possible for any range of abilities, that would be an enormous win, and huge piece making public transit truly public transit.” – Mira Philipson, Systemwide Accessibility Analyst, Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit “I could walk down the hallway and it's telling me when I've arrived at this department and the door is right in front of me — it really gives me that autonomy that I really crave.” - Ed Plumacher, Adaptive Technology Specialist, Lighthouse Guild “We began in public transportation because for us and the users on our team, it is super important to make public transportation more accessible.” - Javier Pita, Founder and CEO NaviLens “Accessibility needs to be built into products, websites, software, whatever it is, from the ground up, because it will just lead to a better product overall.”  Gian Carlo Pedulla, Supervisor, NYC Department of Education and Member, Advisory Committee for Transit Accessibility, Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit   Contact Us: Contact us at podcasts@lighthouseguild.org with your innovative new technology ideas for people with vision loss.   Pertinent Links: Lighthouse Guild NaviLens NaviLens GO   Guest Bios: Javier Pita Lozano, Founder and CEO, NaviLens Javier is the CEO of NaviLens, a solution whose objective is to increase autonomy, social inclusion and quality of life of the visually impaired. Any place can adopt the NaviLens technology in an easy way to improve the space's accessibility through the use of a new patented cutting-edge technology artificial markers called ddTags. Entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in launching disruptive technologic companies. Javier and his team are working hard to make this world more accessible for the visually impaired people.  Mira Philipson, Analyst, Systemwide Accessibility, Office ofthe President, Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit Gian Carlo Pedulla, Supervisor, NYC Department of Education and Member, Advisory Committee for Transit Accessibility, Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit Gian Carlo Pedulla was born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Legally blind due to Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, he has persevered to overcome his blindness as well as all related obstacles to meet both personal and professional goals. Raised in an Italian American home, he learned the importance of a good meal, being fastidious, having a strong work ethic, and to be as independent as possible despite his blindness. After 15 years of teaching, Mr. Pedulla is now an administrator for Educational Vision Services within the New York City Department of Education. Besides his passion for Mathematics, Physics, and being a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Mr. Pedulla enjoys music and has been successful as a professional Disk Jockey performing at numerous private and corporate functions throughout the tri-state area over the last 25 years. Mr. Pedulla has been able to adapt and integrate himself to the different school environments and to utilize his strong interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of individuals and personalities, disabled and non-disabled alike. Assistive Technology has been an integral part of his ability to access an array of materials and complete a variety of assignments to achieve goals, both in academia and the workplace. Edward Plumacher, Adaptive Technology Specialist, Lighthouse Guild Adaptive Technology Specialist for Lighthouse Guild since 2016 Founder of a tech company that created products and services for domestic and international professional sports leagues and their television broadcast rights holders, providing advanced optical imaging systems for quantifying and measuring live action recreated in real-time 3-D computer generated video replays. Also produced scoring and measurement systems for teams, coaches, managers and league governing bodies. His world changed when he lost his vision — including his career — though it still involved technology. Purchased first iPhone after first orientation and mobility training. Self-taught how to use voiceover over a weekend, and went from having difficulty trying to email on his computer with a magnifying glass and mouse to texting for the first time, easily accessing email calendars, and the internet. Was very active with the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) and became President of the Long Island chapter.  Began making presentations on smartphones and smart tablets for FFB just after he lost his sight. Created audio tutorials, ran workshops and networking groups on adaptive technology. Puts together curriculums on teaching people with vision loss about using technology. Worked with New York State Commission for the Blind (NYSCB) to develop a curriculum for providing services on iOS devices and became one of the first people in NY State authorized to conduct iPhone and iPad training. Experienced in podcasting and media, facilitates a peer-to-peer support group at NY Public Library's Andrew Heiskell Library, and is also very active in sports such as running, skiing, beat baseball, tandem cycling and outrigger canoeing.    Host Bio: Dr. Calvin W. Roberts Calvin W. Roberts, MD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse Guild, the leading organization dedicated to providing exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals. Dr. Roberts has a unique blend of academic, clinical, business, and hands-on product development experience. Dr. Roberts is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College. He was formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Eye Care, at Bausch Health Companies where he coordinated global development and research efforts across their vision care, pharmaceutical, and surgical business units. As a practicing ophthalmologist from 1982 to 2008, he performed more than 10,000 cataract surgeries as well as 5,000 refractive and other corneal surgeries. He is credited with developing surgical therapies, over-the-counter products for vision care, prescription ocular therapeutics, and innovative treatment regimens. He also holds patents on the wide-field specular microscope and has done extensive research on ophthalmic non-steroidals and postoperative cystoid macular edema. Dr. Roberts has co-founded a specialty pharmaceutical company and is a frequent industry lecturer and author. He currently serves as an Independent Director on multiple corporate boards and has served as a consultant to Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, and Novartis. A graduate of Princeton University and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Dr. Roberts completed his internship and ophthalmology residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York. He also completed cornea fellowships at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston.

Well Said has invited Mr. Victor Calise, the Commissioner for Disability for New York City and the newest member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transit Authority as well as Dr. Adam Stein, the Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at both Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, as well as a Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities and what can be done to help.

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EPISODE 286: Hudson Yards is America's largest private real estate development, a gleaming collection of office towers and apartments overlooking a self-contained plaza with a shopping mall and a selfie-friendly, architectural curio known as The Vessel.  By design, Hudson Yards feels international, luxurious, non-specific. Are you in New York City, Berlin, Dubai or Tokyo? And yet the mega-development sits on a spot important to the transportation history of New York City. And, in the late 20th century, this very same spot would vex and frustrate some of the city's most influential developers. The key is that which lies beneath -- a concealed train yard owned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. (Only the eastern portion of Hudson Yards is completed today; the western portion of the Yards is still clearly on view from a portion of the High Line.) Prepare for a story of early railroad travel, historic tunnels under the Hudson River, the changing fate of the Tenderloin neighborhood, and a list of spectacular and sometimes wacky proposals for the site -- from a new home for the New York Yankees to a key stadium for New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. PLUS: Trump Convention Center -- it almost happened! Support the show.

“We go into this together. We learn lessons together. And we apply the lessons for future opportunities together.” It’s an honor to have Tom Lambert, President and CEO of Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) and APTA’s Outstanding Public Transportation Manager for 2018, on Transit Unplugged. Lambert shares how METRO’s redesigned bus network increased ridership. He also discusses his underlying principles for transit, METRO’s upcoming autonomous vehicle pilot, and a story of people working together during Hurricane Harvey and the impact it had on the community. If you want to know more about METRO, you can check out their website. Remember to check out transitunplugged.com to learn from top transit professionals and stay up to date to catch all the latest episodes.

If you’ve seen video or images of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, they’ve probably been set in locations that exude power and importance: Cohen berating a CNN anchor in a TV studio, for example, or striding across the sleek marbled interior of Trump Tower, or more recently, smoking cigars in front of Cohen’s temporary residence, the Loews Regency Hotel on Manhattan’s Park Avenue. But to understand how Michael Cohen arrived in those precincts, you need to venture across New York City’s East River. There, in a Queens warehouse district in the shadows of an elevated No. 7 subway line, is a taxi garage that used to house his law practice. The office area in the front is painted a garish taxi-cab-yellow, with posters of hockey players on the wall and a framed photo of the late Hasidic rabbi, Menachem Schneerson. Cohen practiced law there and invested in the once-lucrative medallions that grant New York cabs the right to operate. Or you could drive 45 minutes deep into Brooklyn, near where Gravesend turns into Brighton Beach. There, in a desolate stretch near a shuttered podiatrist’s office, you’d find a medical office. According to previously unexamined records, Cohen incorporated a business there in 2002 that was involved in large quantities of medical claims. Separately, he represented more than 100 plaintiffs who claimed they were injured in auto collisions. At the same time, in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York prosecutors were investigating what Fortune magazine called possibly “the largest organized insurance-fraud ring in U.S. history.” That fraud resulted in hundreds of criminal prosecutions for staging car accidents to collect insurance payments. Cohen was not implicated in the fraud. A distinctive pattern emerged early in Cohen’s career, according to an examination by WNYC and ProPublica for the Trump, Inc. podcast: Many of the people who crossed paths with Cohen when he worked in Queens and Brooklyn were disciplined, disbarred, accused or convicted of crimes. Cohen, 51, has always emerged unscathed — until now. Last week, his Rockefeller Center office was raided by federal agents, as were his home, hotel room, safety deposit box, and two cell phones. Cohen is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York. According to court papers, investigators are examining whether he committed fraud and showed a “lack of truthfulness.” He and his attorneys did not respond to a lengthy set of questions emailed to them. Cohen’s lawyers have stated that he has done nothing improper. Cohen has attained national attention as the man who paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep her alleged affair with Trump secret. He also negotiated a $1.6 million settlement with a woman impregnated by Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy. (Cohen’s attorney told a judge on Monday that his only three legal clients over the past 15 months were Trump, Broidy and talk-show host Sean Hannity.) Cohen has for decades had close personal and professional relationships with many citizens of the former Soviet Union. He ended up as point men on Trump’s deals there and also turned up in the notorious Russia “dossier.” He has routinely been described as an indispensable man to Donald Trump. One indicator of that, according to the New York Times: President Trump is more agitated by what those New York prosecutors may find in Cohen’s files than he is by the wide-ranging investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Cohen, it seems, may hold some crucial secrets. What’s more surprising, perhaps, is the path he took to get to that point. *** Michael Cohen grew up in the Five Towns area of Long Island, N.Y., a heavily Jewish enclave. His father was a surgeon, according to media reports, and Cohen enjoyed a top-tier education, graduating from the private Lawrence Woodmere Academy, then moving on to American University. From there, it seems, Cohen’s educational trajectory turned in a different direction. He attended the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in Michigan, which InsideHigherEd.com once wrote, “is known for admitting students other law schools would not touch.” In 1992, after law school, he returned to his home region and landed a job working for a personal injury attorney named Melvyn Estrin, who had an office on lower Broadway in Manhattan.  Estrin was the first in a series of colleagues who would run afoul of authorities. Within three years of Cohen’s arrival, Estrin was charged with bribing insurance adjusters to inflate damage estimates and expedite claims. He later pleaded guilty. Cohen was never implicated in any of the misdeeds. Estrin did not respond to a request for comment. He is still practicing law. Cohen continued to use Estrin’s address on legal filings as late as 1999, but he added several new addresses during this period, including 22-05 43rd Avenue, in Long Island City, Queens — the taxi garage. It was the headquarters of the New York branch of the empire of Simon Garber, a Soviet emigre who also has had cab companies in Chicago and Moscow. Charismatic and silver-haired, Garber released kitschy TV-style advertisements, in Russian, for his company. Over the years, Garber has been convicted of assault in New York, arrested for battery in Miami, and pleaded guilty in New Jersey to charges of criminal mischief involving him breaking into three neighbors’ homes, shattering glass doors, smearing blood all over, and taking a shower. In Chicago, his taxi fleet included wrecked vehicles with illegally laundered titles. Garber did not respond to a request for comment. (Two other attorneys had offices inside Garber’s offices in the early 2000s. One was forced to resign from the bar after he was accused of not turning money over to a client. The other was disbarred, in part for trying to steal money from the first lawyer.) In 1994 Cohen married Laura Shusterman, who was born in the Soviet Union. Her father, also a taxi entrepreneur, pleaded guilty to a felony, conspiracy to defraud the IRS, the year before. By the late 1990s, records show, Cohen had begun acquiring taxi medallions, licenses required by the City of New York to operate a yellow cab. The number of medallions has been strictly controlled for decades. Before the advent of services like Uber, they were particularly valuable, with their price peaking at over $1 million in 2014. Cohen co-owned some of the medallions with his wife, and indeed, his family and business relationships sometimes overlapped. Filings show his father-in-law once made a loan to Garber. And in 2001, Cohen borrowed money for one of his taxi companies, Golden Child Cab Corp., from one of the men convicted with Cohen’s father in law, Fima Shusterman, in the fraud against the IRS. Starting around 2000, Cohen was involved in scores of car insurance lawsuits, often on behalf of plaintiffs who claimed to have been injured in auto collisions and were seeking judgments to cover purported medical expenses. At this time, a wave of staged auto accidents, involving immigrants from the former Soviet Union who claimed to have been hurt, had led prosecutors to open a massive investigation. They dubbed it Operation Boris, an acronym for Big Organized Russian Insurance Scam. The prosecutorial push resulted in hundreds of convictions. Cohen also drew up incorporation papers for at least three medical practices, and three medical billing companies. One company Cohen registered in 2002, Avex Medical Care PRC, sued insurance companies nearly 300 times. The plaintiffs lawyer in almost all of these cases was David Katz, who was disbarred later for professional misconduct. The doctor who owned Avex was charged in 2003 with criminal insurance fraud connected with another medical business; the charge was dismissed. He’s now practicing medicine in New Jersey. Dr. Zhanna Kanevsky, the principal of Life Quality Medical, a clinic business that Cohen incorporated in 2002, surrendered her medical license after pleading guilty to writing phony prescriptions for 100,000 oxycodone and other pills. Once again, Cohen was never charged. *** In the early 2000s, Trump and Cohen became connected, fittingly, through real estate. Cohen started to transfer the wealth he’d gained from taxi medallions and insurance lawsuits to apartments in Trump buildings. Along with his parents, his in-laws, and Simon Garber, Cohen acquired eight units in Trump Palace, Trump Park Avenue, and Trump World Plaza. The man who operated out of a Queens taxi garage now owned apartments alongside the likes of Sophia Loren and Harrison Ford. Cohen also began to show political ambitions. In 2003, he ran for city council on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as a Republican. Even people close to his campaign weren’t sure why he ran. His own campaign biography provided few answers — or rather, disparate ones. He claimed at the time to own 200 taxi medallions, to be a member of the Friars Club, an avid stamp collector, and a member of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Inspector General advisory board. Cohen lost the city council race, but his donor list provides a snapshot of his network. He received contributions from his father, his father in law, and Bruce Winston, a son of the jeweler Harry Winston. A New York Republican with knowledge of Cohen’s 2003 campaign said Cohen told him then that he was Harry Winston’s in-house counsel at the time. The company says Cohen was never an employee. Court papers show Cohen was one of the lawyers who helped Bruce Winston, and his daughter, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, in a legal action challenging Deutsche Bank’s conduct as trustee of Harry Winston’s estate. Their petition failed. (For her part, Wolkoff, a friend of Melania Trump’s, later became the highest-paid contractor for Donald Trump’s inauguration, taking in an eye-popping $26 million, and sparking a backlash.) It’s unclear when Cohen and Trump first met, but the two were publicly linked in February 2007. The New York Post published an article then about an attorney who was purchasing large numbers of apartments in Trump buildings. “Trump properties are solid investments,” Cohen told the Post. Trump returned the compliment, declaring Cohen to be a wise investor. “Michael Cohen has a great insight into the real-estate market,” he told the Post. “He has invested in my buildings because he likes to make money — and he does.” Three months later, Cohen became an executive vice president at the Trump Organization, with the same job title as Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump. Cohen was never a traditional in-house lawyer for Trump. He has been described as both a “fixer” and a “dealmaker” — and it seems he embraced both roles. “He did jobs for Donald that no one else would do,” said one person who worked with Cohen, “especially not a lawyer. He did a lot of these jobs.” Still, even after Cohen had joined the Trump Organization, he harbored personal political dreams. In 2010, Cohen mounted a second unsuccessful campaign, this time for the New York State Senate. Among his donors in that race were shipping magnate Oleg Mitnik and tobacco tycoon and New York real estate man Howard Lorber, one of Donald Trump’s closest friends. Cohen continued to expand his role within the Trump universe. It had become simultaneously global, national and highly local. The Trump Organization’s business model had shifted, from building high-end Manhattan properties to scoping for international licensing deals, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Cohen, along with Trump’s adult children, headed up this effort. At a Trump Tower press conference in early 2011, Cohen took the public stage as an international dealmaker. “Seven months ago, at the request of a dear friend of mine from Georgia, Giorgi Rtskhiladze, I traveled to the Republic of Georgia to explore several real estate opportunities on behalf of Mr. Trump,” Cohen said in his unmistakable Long Island accent. He then introduced Trump and the then-president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili. The ostensible purpose of the press conference was to talk up a planned tower in the city of Batumi, on the Black Sea coast. But most of the questions centered on Donald Trump’s possible run for President. Months earlier, Michael Cohen had helped set up a website called shouldtrumprun.com with the Long Island law firm Schwartz, Gerstman, and Malito. (David Schwartz is a long time Cohen friend and attorney who made several television appearances on Cohen’s behalf when the Stormy Daniels news broke.) Cohen also traveled to Iowa to explore the political terrain. Shouldtrumprun.com was billed as independent of Trump; otherwise Trump would have had to file papers with the Federal Election Commission on his own behalf. At the press conference, Trump was peppered with political questions. “Could you comment on the kind of feedback or what you took from the feedback from Mr. Cohen’s Iowa trip,” one reporter asked. “You could ask Mr. Cohen. You can speak to him,” Trump replied. But she pressed. “Are you encouraged by anything that you saw or read out of that? Trump couldn’t resist. “Well,” he said, “I mean the response has been amazing, actually.” Another response: A complaint was filed with the Federal Election Commission, alleging Trump had accepted “excessive or impermissible contributions from the Trump Organization, LLC” because shouldtrumprun.com was set up by an employee: Michael Cohen. Trump and Cohen were cleared of wrongdoing. One of the two commissioners who signed off on the ruling was Donald McGahn. McGahn later became Trump’s White House Counsel. There’s another piece of public work that Cohen was involved in that further shows the close links among Trump, Cohen, and the attorney David Schwartz. During the same time period of the Georgia deal and shouldtrumprun.com, Schwartz and Cohen were both working on a project called Trump on the Ocean, which aimed to construct a massive catering hall in the popular Jones Beach State Park on Long Island. Trump was so keen on this project that, unusually even for him, he called four governors and a state comptroller to lobby for it, according to former state officials. In at least one of the calls, he cited his generous donations as a reason to get the clearances he needed to move forward.   Trump put Cohen in charge of the negotiations. But some state officials balked at what they saw as an attempt to commercialize a state park, and Trump’s insistence that the state override its fire code so he could build a kitchen in the basement. The lobbying was contentious, said Judith Enck, the top environmental advisor for Govs. Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson (and later the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency for the New York region), who was involved in the negotiations. “That was not a typical discussion with a business that was trying to do business with the state of New York. It was aggressive,” Enck said. “There were efforts to go around me to get a better outcome in the discussion… I recall it as you know one of the most unpleasant experiences I had in the governor's office.” Misery, perhaps for a government official — but triumph for Trump, Cohen, and Schwartz. They got permission to begin construction. “GREAT JOB!” Trump wrote in a note to Schwartz. “I will hire your firm again!” Alas, it was all for naught in the end. Months later, the tail of the storm Sandy inundated Jones Beach and Trump walked away from the project. *** Three years later, when Trump made a run for the White House, Cohen continued to serve both as promoter and dealmaker. He frequently appeared on TV as a Trump surrogate, though he had no official campaign position. In one interview in the summer of 2016, Cohen refused to acknowledge that polls strongly favored Hillary Clinton. He badgered CNN anchor Brianna Keilar when she referred to Trump’s then-dismal poll numbers. “Says who?” Cohen shot back. “What polls?” The anchor, seemingly mystified, answered “all of them?” The clip went viral. Cohen’s truculent tendencies were also on display a year before that interview when he threatened Daily Beast reporter Tim Mak. Mak had resurfaced an old accusation made by Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana, during their divorce proceedings, that Trump had raped her. (She later withdrew the allegation.) “I'm warning you,” Mak says Cohen told him, “tread very fucking lightly because what I’m going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting.” Behind the scenes, Cohen was still attempting to make deals for Trump in the former Soviet Union. Cohen drafted a letter of intent with a Moscow investment company to build Trump World Tower Moscow. Cohen’s partner in the deal was Felix Sater, a Trump associate who had been convicted of assault and securities fraud and had widely reported connections to the Russian mob. “Let’s make this happen and build a Trump Moscow,” Sater wrote in an email to Cohen. “And possibly fix relations between the countries by showing everyone commerce and business are much better and more practical than politics.” In another email, Sater wrote, “Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it.” In a statement issued last summer, Cohen called this “puffery” and said Sater was prone to colorful language and salesmanship. Cohen’s activities drew the attention of Christopher Steele, a former British spy who was assembling raw intelligence on the Trump campaign for a private client (ultimately paid for by the Clinton campaign). The resulting collection of documents has become known as “the dossier.” Steele’s memo included the assertion that Cohen met with Russian contacts in Prague after damaging news emerged about Trump’s former campaign manager and an aide. “The overall objective had been ‘sweep it all under the carpet and make sure no connection could be fully established or proven,’” Steele wrote in a memo dated Oct. 19, 2016. In statements and court documents, Cohen has vociferously denied ever visiting Prague, even dispensing photos of his passport, with no Czech stamps visible, as putative proof. Cohen has filed two defamation lawsuits over the release of the dossier. But now McClatchy has reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has evidence that Cohen was in Prague in late summer 2016. (And the photographic “proof” Cohen offered may turn out to be moot, according to the McClatchy article, since he reportedly entered the Czech Republic from Germany, which would not have required him to pass through immigration or customs.) One thing that Cohen does not dispute: In October 2016, he was involved in fixing another problem, this time by paying $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels. Cohen asserts he did this on his own, with money he obtained from a home equity line of credit. When FBI agents searched Cohen’s offices on April 9, 2018, they were seeking evidence relating to the Stormy Daniels payment. They were also, according to the Washington Post, sifting through business records relating to Cohen’s taxi medallions. There may still be answers to be found in Queens.

The tragic bombing of Boston's marathons leaves many unanswered questions. Who orchestrated it, and for what purposes?  Marathons are always equipped with security forces, but in this case, they were unable to stop this horrific attack. Here to talk about the security measures marathon organizers should pursue in the aftermath of this attack, and counterrorism around large events more generally is Nick Casale, New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority's first Deputy Director of Security for Counter Terrorism. The tragic bombing at the Boston marathon leaves many unanswered questions. Who orchestrated it, and for what purposes?  Marathons are always manned with security forces, but in this case, they were unable to stop this horrific attack. New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority's first Deputy Director of Security for Counter Terrorism, Nick Casale, discusses counterterrorism and security measures at mass gatherings.

How much do you have to pay to keep your computers free of malware? The surprise story of the week: Windows 8 arrives. In Short Circuits ... Is a Surface on your shopping list yet? Where's my train? The Metropolitan Transit Authority has an app for that.

Richard Ravitch, Former head of the New York State Urban Development Corporation and Former head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, is a guest speaker in this video series along with Jack Bigel, President of Program Planner Inc., and Edward Rogowsky, City Editor of CUNY-TV.

The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute hosts a public discussion regarding the Metropolitan Transit Authority's proposed plans to construct a Long Island Railroad facility on the East Side of Manhattan. Attorneys representing East Side neighborhood interests make a case against the proposal. The event is introduced by Barry Hersh, Associate Director of the Newman Real Estate Institute and Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor at City College. Speakers include: Roger M. Roisman, Partner in the Real Estate Department at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt; C. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President; Michael D. Zarin of the law firm Zarin and Steinmetz; and Douglas Floyd, Toronto transportation administrator. The event took place on March 17th, 2005.

Several pediatric cancer patients and their siblings took part in a Houston public transportation field trip as a result of a new partnership between the Children’s Art Project and Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.

Doug is joined by the Chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Jay H. Walder. They discuss the financial difficulties facing the MTA and how the organization plans to deal with them.