Overview
- Garcia will assume the role when Executive Director Rick Cotton retires in January 2026.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul also appointed Jackie Bray to succeed Garcia as New York’s director of state operations.
- Her portfolio includes the $10 billion rebuild of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
- She will guide the continued $19 billion reconstruction at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- Under the agency’s bi-state structure, New York appoints the executive director and New Jersey selects the chair, currently Kevin O’Toole.