NEW YORK — Two New York City commissioners are joining the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as part of a reorganization that will reduce the number of people reporting directly to the CEO, at the same time the agency does away with its transformation plan.
Politico reports Lisette Camillo, commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will become the MTA’s chief administrative officer, a new position overseeing human resources, information technology, procurement, and real estate. Jaime Torres-Springer, commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction, will become president of construction and development, filling the position left vacant when Janno Lieber became the MTA’s acting chairman and CEO.
It is part of a restricting that will reduce the number of people reporting directly to the CEO from 24 to 16.
Lieber said in an email obtained by Politico that his hope was the new structure will better service the MTA “and consolidate staff level strategy and execution on my behalf.”
In other changes, the position of chief transformation 0fficer has been abolished, reflecting Lieber’s desire to scrap the plan led by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Anthony McCord, who had held the chief transformation officer job, resigned last week. Created at the same time as that job was the position of chief operating officer. That job has been vacant since the previous holder of the position, Mario Peloquin, resigned earlier this year.
