{{Short description|American lawyer and government official|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder |image = MTA Launches OMNY (cropped).jpg | office1 = 14th Chairman and CEO of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] | governor1 = [[Andrew Cuomo]] | predecessor1 = [[Joe Lhota]]<br>[[Fernando Ferrer]] (acting) |term_start1 = April 1, 2019<ref name=mta-leadership>{{cite web |url=https://new.mta.info/people/patrick-j-foye |title=Patrick J. Foye |author=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |author-link=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |accessdate=February 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222035738/https://new.mta.info/people/patrick-j-foye |archive-date=February 22, 2020}}</ref> |term_end1 = July 29, 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-janno-lieber-gov-cuomo-mta-acting-chairman-20210729-t6xp3q5hnvbrvih7oweky4btxm-story.html|title=Cuomo names MTA construction chief Janno Lieber as agency's acting chairman|website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 29, 2021 }}</ref> | successor1 = [[Janno Lieber]] | office2 = President of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] | appointer2 = [[Andrew Cuomo]] |term_start2 = August 3, 2017 |term_end2 = April 1, 2019 | successor2 = Position abolished | office3 = Executive Director of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] | appointer3 = [[Andrew Cuomo]] | predecessor3 = [[Christopher O. Ward]] |term_start3 = November 1, 2011 |term_end3 = August 13, 2017 | successor3 = [[Rick Cotton]] | birth_name = Patrick Joseph Foye | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|01|31}} | occupation = Lawyer | education = [[Fordham University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]}}
'''Patrick Joseph Foye''' (born January 31, 1957) is an American lawyer who served as chairman and CEO of the New York [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA). Prior to this role, he served as president of the MTA and executive director of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].
== Life and career == Foye graduated ''cum laude'' from [[Fordham University]] and attended [[Fordham Law School]], where he served as associate editor for the [[Fordham Law Review]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2022/05/27/pat-foye-fcrh-78-law-81-receives-honorary-degree-at-fordham-commencement/|title=Pat Foye, FCRH '78, LAW '81 Receives Honorary Degree at Fordham Commencement|date=2022-05-27|website=Fordham Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/fordhams-new-york-stories/governor-cuomo-names-patrick-foye-to-lead-the-mta/|title=Governor Cuomo Names Patrick Foye to Lead the MTA|date=2019-04-11|website=Fordham Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> Foye also received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Fordham University on May 21, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2022/05/27/pat-foye-fcrh-78-law-81-receives-honorary-degree-at-fordham-commencement/|title=Pat Foye, FCRH '78, LAW '81 Receives Honorary Degree at Fordham Commencement|date=2022-05-27|website=Fordham Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref> As a lawyer, he worked with [[Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom|Skadden Arps]]. He was appointed by Governor [[Eliot Spitzer]] to be chairman of New York's [[Empire State Development Corporation]] and was a board member of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]. Foye was deputy county executive for economic development under [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] Executive [[Ed Mangano]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Chaban |first=Matt |url=http://observer.com/2011/10/foye-ward-pat-foye-to-lead-port-authority/ |title=Foye-ward! Pat Foye to Lead Port Authority [Updated] | The New York Observer |publisher=Observer.com |date=October 19, 2011 |accessdate=January 11, 2014}}</ref>
In October 2011, Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] appointed Foye to the post of executive director of the Port Authority. Cuomo ousted [[Christopher O. Ward]] who was a [[David Paterson]] appointee.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/286041-patrick-foye-named-new-executive-director-of-ny-nj-port-authority/|title=Patrick Foye Named New Executive Director of NY-NJ Port Authority|last=O'Grady|first=Jim|date=October 19, 2011|publisher=WNYC|accessdate=January 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2008/03/pat-foye-new-york-development-chief-resigns/|title=Pat Foye, New York Development Chief, Resigns|last=Brown|first=Eliot|date=March 17, 2008|website=Observer.com|publisher=The New York Observer|accessdate=January 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2007/12/how-pat-foye-spends-his-days/|title=How Pat Foye Spends His Days|last=Brown|first=Eliot|date=December 11, 2007|website=Observer.com|publisher=The New York Observer|accessdate=January 11, 2014}}</ref> In November 2015, Foye announced he would leave the position in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/port_authority_head_stepping_down_after_being_pass.html#incart_river_home|title=Port Authority head stepping down after being passed over for CEO job|last=Strunsky|first=Steve|date=November 19, 2015|work=NJ.com|access-date=August 1, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2016, Foye announced he would delay his departure from the position until June 2016, as no replacement had yet been named.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2016/03/17/foye-delays-departure-from-port-authority/94570620/|title=Foye delays departure from Port Authority|last=Berger|first=Paul|date=March 17, 2016|work=North Jersey|access-date=August 1, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Foye later decided to remain in his post as executive director.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-aides-pat-foye-not-leaving-port-authority-article-1.2832821|title=Cuomo aides: Pat Foye not leaving Port Authority|last=Lovett|first=Kenneth|date=October 17, 2016|work=NY Daily News|access-date=August 1, 2017|language=en}}</ref> On August 14, 2017, Foye was succeeded by Rick Cotton as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
In 2017, Foye became president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). On April 1, 2019, Foye was appointed chairman and CEO of the MTA by Governor Cuomo with approval from the New York State Senate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/nyregion/mta-cuomo-congestion-pricing.html|title = Cuomo Promised Transparency at the M.T.A. Then Its Leader Was Confirmed While You Slept|newspaper = The New York Times|date = April 2, 2019|last1 = Fitzsimmons|first1 = Emma G.}}</ref> In late July 2021, Pat Foye stepped down at the behest of [[Andrew Cuomo|Governor Cuomo]] to be replaced by [[Janno Lieber]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-janno-lieber-gov-cuomo-mta-acting-chairman-20210729-t6xp3q5hnvbrvih7oweky4btxm-story.html|title=Cuomo names MTA construction chief Janno Lieber as agency's acting chairman|first=Clayton|last=Guse|work=New York Daily News |date=July 29, 2021}}</ref> In September 2021, after [[Andrew Cuomo]] stepped down, Foye announced he would not become the CEO of Empire State Development, and allow [[Kathy Hochul]] to nominate her own choice.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Winzelberg|first=David|url=https://libn.com/2021/09/07/pat-foye-declines-esd-leadership-post/|title=Pat Foye declines ESD leadership post|work=Long Island Business News|date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
Since leaving government, Foye has advocated on behalf of ASTM in support of their proposal for a new 8th Avenue entrance to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/06/28/astm-unveils-6b-penn-station-vision/ | title=ASTM unveils $6B Penn Station vision | date=June 28, 2023 }}</ref>
== Fort Lee lane closure scandal == {{main|Fort Lee lane closure scandal}} {{wikisource|Patrick Foye email of Sept 13 2013|Patrick Foye email ordering lanes reopened, September 13, 2013}} Foye played a key role in ending an [[Fort Lee lane closure scandal|allegedly politically motivated traffic blockage]] that caused [[gridlock]] in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] for four days in 2013. On Monday, September 9 two of three toll lanes leading to the [[George Washington Bridge]] from Fort Lee local streets were closed during morning [[rush hour]]. Local officials, emergency services, and the public were not notified of the lane closures, which Fort Lee declared a threat to public safety.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/09/fort-lee-traffic-jam-caused-human-debacle/4397381/|title=Fort Lee traffic jam caused human debacle|last=Alcindor|first=Yamiche|date=January 9, 2014|work=USA Today|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref> The resulting back-ups on local streets finally ended on Friday morning, September 13 when Foye ordered the two lanes reopened immediately. He said that the "hasty and ill-informed decision" to close lanes could have endangered lives and violated federal and state laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/pa-chief-patrick-foye-s-email-on-george-washington-bridge-closures-1.6774938|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111104827/http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/pa-chief-patrick-foye-s-email-on-george-washington-bridge-closures-1.6774938|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2014|title=PA chief Patrick Foye's email on George Washington Bridge closures|date=January 10, 2014|work=Newsday|accessdate=January 13, 2014}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{S-start}} {{succession box|title=Executive Director of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]|before=[[Christopher O. Ward]]|after=[[Rick Cotton]] |years=May 2011 – 2017}} {{S-end}}
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{{Andrew Cuomo}} {{Executive Director's of PANYNJ}} {{MTA Chairman}}
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