Posted on 07/10/2026 1:28:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The MTA’s top lawyer is abruptly stepping down at the end of July with no successor immediately named — just months after The Post revealed the agency’s legal costs ballooned under her tenure.
“After fourteen remarkable years with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, I have decided that the time has come for me to begin a new chapter,” the email begins, noting that her last day with the agency will be July 31.
Graves’ departure caps a turbulent season for the transit authority’s legal department, coming on the heels of a Post investigation in May that detailed how the allegedly cash-strapped agency has outsourced millions of dollars in legal work to high-priced private law firms.
The MTA admitted it had paid more than $10 million to six law firms in recent years, but refused to reveal exactly how much in taxpayer cash was being used to pay outside lawyers to represent the agency.
Insiders couldn’t confirm the reason why Graves was leaving, but noted that the 30-day notice she gave was not typical.
“It seems like she’s been forced out,” the source said.
Normally a departure from MTA executive leadership would be announced months ahead of time — alongside a widespread notice that would include the name of the staffer’s successor, sources said.
The MTA did not immediately comment.
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Another DEI crook gets exposed and runs for it.
Did she farm out the legal work b/c she did not know what to do?
Is MTA General Counsel Paige Graves a bona fide lawyer?
Yep. She sucked on that teat for fourteen years, as long and as hard as she could.
I guess that is indeed some kind of form of work.
I see a future Full Partner at one of these Law firms once the dust settles! (Good Armor to have a DEI Partner or two!)
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