NYC’s transport boss is sued for $5 million after woman tripped and fell on sidewalk outside his posh $2.1 million Brooklyn home
NYC transportation boss is being sued for $5 million after woman tripped and fell on the sidewalk in front of his posh Brooklyn home, which cost $2.1 million
- Janno Lieber, chairman and chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has been embroiled in a legal battle with a neighbor since August last year.
- Naomi Cohn, 64, said she tripped over a ‘massive crack’ during a run outside his home on Marlborough Road in Victorian Flatbush
- She claimed she suffered severe pain and injuries and the “effects will be permanent,” court documents show
The New York City transportation boss has been sued for $5 million after a woman tripped and fell on the sidewalk in front of his $2.1 million home in Brooklyn.
Janno Lieber, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has been embroiled in a legal battle with a neighbor since last August. The New York Post.
Naomi Cohn, 64, said she tripped over a “huge crack” outside his home on Marlborough Road in Victorian Flatbush during a run.
She claimed she suffered severe pain and injuries and that the “effects will be permanent,” court documents show.
Cohn is also seeking damages from Lieber’s wife, Amy Glosser, 58. The couple denied her allegations in a response filed with the Brooklyn Supreme Court.
New York City transportation boss Janno Lieber has been sued for $5 million after a woman tripped and fell on the sidewalk in front of his $2.1 million home in Brooklyn
Naomi Cohn, 64, said she tripped over a “massive crack” while running outside his home on Marlborough Road (center) in Flatbush. She claimed she suffered severe pain and injuries
“He didn’t seem too concerned about pedestrians,” Cohn recalled The New York Post.
She added that the transportation chief’s sidewalk remained broken until a few months ago.
Cohn, who is a lawyer, is also seeking damages against Lieber’s neighbor Carmencita Soriano, 76.
She said the crack was between the two houses.
A neighbor of Lieber hit the transport boss as a result of the lawsuit.
“It doesn’t surprise me that someone in the bureaucracy can’t really appreciate the other spaces that people use,” says Paul Nissenbaum, 34, a museum administrator who has lived in the area for seven years.
Dailymail.com has contacted Leiber, the MTA and Cohn for comment.
Lieber officially became head of the MTA in January 2022 after being nominated by New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
Janno Lieber, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has been embroiled in a legal battle with the neighbor since last August.
Cohn is also seeking damages from Lieber’s wife, Amy Glosser, 58. The couple denied her allegations in response filed with the Brooklyn Supreme Court.
But he had been in this position since July 2021.
Early in his career, he served in the administrations of President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Ed Koch and practiced law in private practice.
New York residents grew frustrated in July when the MTA voted to raise the base fare for subway and bus travel for the first time in eight years.
The cost increased from $2.75 per trip to $2.90 on August 20.
Lieber has previously said he wants to design the subway’s turnstiles in an effort to curb rampant fare dodging.
He said he particularly wants to tackle the emergency exit, which he characterized as a “superhighway for fare evasion.”
New York City Police Department officers have already issued 75.6 percent more tickets for fare evasion in the first nine weeks of 2023.
A total of 21,360 fines were handed out, compared to 12,154 in the same period last year, police data showed.