MTA gives PTC contractor ultimatum: Get here for questions or you're 'fired'

Patrick Foye, presides over his first Metropolitan Transportation Authority meeting as chairman in NYC on Monday, and the MTA made an unprecedented move: It ordered the CEO of Siemens, contractor for its positive train control installation, front-and-center for the board's next meeting, or it would be "fired." Photo Credit: Corey Sipkin

The MTA is threatening to cut its business ties with the company behind some of the recent gaffes in the installation of new crash prevention technology on the Long Island Rail Road.

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