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Jay Walder, the MTA's chairman, said procrastinating would be unwise.

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The transit agency, which runs the city's subways, buses and several commuter trains, can't guarantee the safety of riders and employees if sustained winds reach above 39 miles per hour, Mr. Walder said.

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Samuelsen and Walder, who took office months apart from each other, said at first that they thought they would get along.

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"We still have a lot of work to do in parts of our 5,000-mile territory that were hit extremely hard by the storm," MTA chairman Jay Walder said in a statement later Sunday.

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Mr. Samuelsen brought a labor leader with whom Mr. Walder had clashed while working on London's transit system to denounce him at a board meeting.

For MTA, Union: Go Signs Andrew Grossman 2011

Since October, "I've had three times as many conversations with Mr. Lhota...than I did with Jay Walder his whole time here," Mr. Samuelsen said in an interview.

For MTA, Union: Go Signs Andrew Grossman 2011

Mr. Samuelsen said Mr. Walder "didn't have an ability to communicate differences of opinion without hostility."

For MTA, Union: Go Signs Andrew Grossman 2011

Such a peace between transit chief and union leader is new: Mr. Samuelsen and his union frequently leveled harsh and personal attacks on Mr. Lhota's predecessor, Jay Walder .

For MTA, Union: Go Signs Andrew Grossman 2011

Mr. Walder inherited a large budget deficit that he proposed closing in part with service cuts and layoffs.

For MTA, Union: Go Signs Andrew Grossman 2011

Mr. Walder left the MTA in October after two years to take a job running Hong Kong rail and mass transit operator MTR Corp. He did not respond to a request for comment about his dealings with Mr. Samuelsen.

For MTA, Union: Go Signs Andrew Grossman 2011