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Upcoming Events
May 19, 2021, 6:00pm
YPT-NYC Speed Networking
Join us for an evening of networking with experienced professionals in the transportation industry. Similar to speed dating, recent graduates and early-career transportation professionals will be paired with experienced transportation professionals in breakout rooms in ten-minute intervals.
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May 22, 2021, 2:00pm-5:00pm
YPT-NYC Lawn Game Day
Please join YPT-NYC for our first outdoor event of the season, featuring games like Kubb, badminton, bocce, and more!
Join YPT NYC as we gather for some socially distant lawn games to refresh our gross motor and/or social skills after more than a year hunched over our laptops. We will provide games like Kubb, badminton, and bocce. Bring your own snacks, chairs, masks, and blankets for a low-key lawn event in Brooklyn’s front yard: Prospect Park! We will gather by the center of Long Meadow Ball Fields.
Rain Date: May 23
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June 9, 2021, 12:30pm-1:30pm
The Future of NYC Transportation System, a Conversation with Dick Ravitch
Join YPT-NYC on June 9th at 12:30PM for a conversation with Dick Ravitch, former Chairman and CEO of the MTA from 1979 – 1983.
Dick Ravitch has earned a reputation for his political savvy, business skill, and commitment to social responsibility throughout his decades-long career in New York City and State governments. He is renowned for his work in the public sector to fix numerous fiscal crises.
He was appointed Lieutenant Governor from 2009-2010, shortly after the housing bubble burst in 2008, which stunted the country’s economy. However, our community may know him best for his work solving the MTA’s fiscal crises as Chairman and CEO of the MTA from 1979 to 1983. While overseeing MTA operations and the capital program, Ravitch reorganized the MTA to improve its management (including establishing Metro-North Railroad), he developed a long-term capital plan for systemwide rehabilitation, and he designed a financing plan for such improvements. Ravitch successfully transformed the MTA at a time when the transit system was struggling with disinvestment and disrepair.
With the MTA currently undergoing another transformation, experiencing a global pandemic, and grappling with fiscal crises at every level of government in America, there are parallel challenges today. He remains an outspoken public proponent of investing in our cities, infrastructure and public sector workforce in the wake of the pandemic. Please join us for a conversation with Dick Ravitch to learn valuable lessons from his experience and his perspective on the future of the transportation system.
See Eventbrite page here or register below!
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We are continuously planning new and exciting events for our members. Get in touch with us at yptnyc@gmail.com if you would like to learn more or if you have ideas for an event!
