Ex-MTA boss keeps placard, gets free parking at train station

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Ex-MTA boss keeps placard, gets free parking at train station

A wealthy former MTA chairman not only has a police-issued parking permit - but also a no-cost parking spot at a Metro-North station in a tony Westchester village.

 

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently slashed the number of dashboard placards issued through the MTA Police Department - but politically connected Virgil Conway, who left the board in 2001, managed to keep the perk, the Daily News has learned.

 

Conway told The News that he uses the permit to "identify" his car to police at the Bronxville train station, where he is allowed to park in a no-cost, reserved MTA spot.

 

Full story: - May 6, 2008