Hudson County Executive Becomes New NJPTA Second Vice-Chairman

Hudson County Executive and long-term Jersey City resident Thomas DeGise was named second vice chair of the North Hudson Transportation Authority at a Board of Trustees meeting Monday. 

The NJTPA oversees regional transportation planning and annually authorizes more than a billion dollars in federal surface transportation funding for 13 counties in northern and central New Jersey.

"Hudson County is a transportation hub for New Jersey and the greater region," said DeGise, who became a member of the NJTPA Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee in 2006. "My position with the NJTPA gives the county a strong role in steering federal investment in our rail system, roads, bridges and ferries."

At the Jan. 11 meeting, the NJTPA Board also selected the four other members of its Executive Committee. In addition to DeGise, the elected members of the Executive Committee are: Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney, Chairman; Morris County Freeholder Director Gene F. Feyl, First Vice Chairman; and Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Secretary. In accordance with NJTPA By-Laws, McNerney appointed Hunterdon County Freeholder Matt Holt to the position of Third Vice Chairman.