New borough DOT commissioner?

[Robert DeBiase]

I was at the CB 3 Transportation Committee Zoom last evening (along with Linda) and near the end of the meeting a Roseann Caruana spoke who was introduced as the new borough DOT commissioner. I confirmed this with a google search. So, when did this happen? Anyone know?

On Friday I attended a NYC 25X25 Activist Briefing which is a plan to convert 25% of road space to non-automobile purposes by 2025. The report was released on Monday and can be found using the following link: NYC 25x25.

Bob

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[Yolande Rose]

I think I heard something about Tom Cocola retiring. See his LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-cocola-747a0088. I'm surprised it didn't make the news, but seems like a low-key guy.

Yolande

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[Linda Cohen]

Agreed Robert, it seemed rather quiet.  This intro at CB3 did not help me understand any of her positions on safe streets. Waiting on the coverage from the reporter who was present. 

   

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Subject: [TASI] New borough DOT commissioner?

[Rose Uscianowski]

Hi all,

Tom Cocola retired at some point last month from what it seems. I found out during that same meeting yesterday that our new Commissioner is Roseanne Caruana. 

I heard from Victoria Giordano that Commissioner Caruana does plan to hold meet and greets with the community but dates and times have not been announced yet and neither Cocola's retirement or Caruana's new role have been publicly announced by the DOT or any news outlet. I tried reaching out to Gersh from Streetsblog for more information about Caruana but got nothing and nobody from TA has even heard of her before now although she does have a long history of work in the DOT with customer outreach which doesn't seem at all sufficient for a role as borough commissioner.

It's my guess that Caruana will likely just be stepping in for the remainder of de Blasio's Administration though. In the meantime I've been hounding Victoria for more information about when Caruana will be introduced to the community 

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