Politics
M.T.A. Promotes New Subway Boss After 27 Years of Service
Demetrius Crichlow, who had been serving as the interim president of New York City Transit since the summer, has been given the job permanently.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority did not look far for an executive to run one of the New York transit agency’s most important divisions.
On Wednesday, the M.T.A. chose Demetrius Crichlow, a nearly 30-year veteran of the authority, to serve as president of New York City Transit, which oversees the city’s subway and bus networks.
Mr. Crichlow, who followed his father and grandfather into the M.T.A., had been filling in as interim president since this summer. Now, he takes over the position permanently at a time when New York City Transit is being confronted with crumbling infrastructure, a steep budget shortfall and rampant fare evasion.
Mr. Crichlow grew up in New York and began his career with the M.T.A. in 1997 as an assistant signal maintainer with the Long Island Rail Road, one of the authority’s commuter rail lines. He rose through the ranks and in 2007 joined the authority’s executive leadership team. He is the first Black person to fill what is arguably the second-most important job at the M.T.A.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
