Polly Trottenberg

Polly Trottenberg
Nationality American
Alma mater Barnard College, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Occupation Civil service

Polly Trottenberg is the current Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on January 2, 2014, to replace Janette Sadik-Khan.[1]

Before her start at NYCDOT, she served as Under Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, helping to develop the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant program.[2]

Trottenberg also served as a transportation policy adviser to politicians Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, in addition to holding positions with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the nonprofit Building America’s Future.[3]

References

  1. ↑ De Blasio Names Choice To Run NYC DOT - Business Insider
  2. ↑ Streetsblog New York - NYC's Next Transportation Commissioner Is Polly Trottenberg
  3. ↑ De Blasio Picks Trottenberg to be NYC Transportation Commissioner - WNYC
Preceded by
Janette Sadik-Khan		 New York City Department of Transportation
Commissioner
2014–present 		Incumbent
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