An update.
Mayor de Blasio and president of NYC transit finally meet
Andy Byford came to town six months ago with a long to-do list for improving the city's lifeblood: the subway system.
"I'm going to seek an early meeting with city officials," he said early on.
But until Tuesday, the new head of New York City Transit had not had word one with the city's top official, Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"A bit weird," is how Byford put it in a recent New Yorker profile.
That changed in a 90-minute sit-down at City Hall on Tuesday in which Byford made his case for city help in funding his multi-billion dollar subway rescue plan.
"What could be more important to the future of this city than an effective transit system?" Byford said in a press conference after the meeting. "So I don't think anyone can sit on the sidelines. I don't think that anyone can absent themselves from the discussion or from the funding commitment."
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