[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Andy Byford, the transit executive who was hired to rescue New York City’s foundering subway, has had growing tensions with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over management of the system, and several of his colleagues said they feared he might quit. In recent years, New York’s subways have had one of the worst on-time rates of any major rapid transit system in the world. Mr. Byford and Mr. Cuomo have disagreed over the plan to fix the L train, new technology to upgrade subway signals, the high cost of Mr. Byford’s “Fast Forward” overhaul plan and Mr. Cuomo’s regular criticism of the authority.

Source: New York Times April 19, 2019 15:28 UTC