GOP pols push MTA boss to resign after brushing off transit crime as New York braces for even more taxes, fees

ALBANY — Republican state lawmakers want the MTA’s head honcho to resign after he brushed off New Yorker’s concerns about subway crime — as questions swirl over the flailing agency’s chaotic financial picture.

Eleven state Senators said Wednesday they want Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair and CEO Janno Lieber to step down. If he won’t go on his own, then Gov. Kathy Hochul should step in and forcibly remove him.

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The other senators calling for Lieber’s ouster include Sens. Mario Mattera (R-Suffolk), Dean Murray (R-Suffolk), Patricia Canzoneri-FItzpatrick (R-Nassau), Jack Martins (R-Nassau), Rob Rolison (R-Dutchess), Alexis Weik (R-Suffolk), Steve Chan (R-Brooklyn) and Anthony Palumbo (R- Suffolk). They are all in the region of the state served by the MTA.