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MTAs managing director Veronique Ronnie Hakim resigns after decades
One of the MTA’s top executives is leaving her post.
Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim will depart her position as MTA managing director by the end of November, according to the MTA.
Hakim has spent three decades at the MTA over two separate stints, with her resignation coming during a tumultuous period at a transit authority attempting to completely restructure itself while grappling with a financial crisis and plotting new congestion pricing tolling policy for Manhattan.
But Hakim in a statement said it was a “privilege and an honor” to serve at the MTA and felt it was an appropriate time to leave as service has begun to gradually improve. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news Wednesday.
“With the MTA on the rebound and service improving across all agencies,