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| Abbey Collins |
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has recruited Abbey Collins, former press secretary to Empire State Governor Andrew Cuomo, as chief communications officer.
Collins joins the MTA from Kivvit, where she was a director, advising Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, not-for-profits and governments on strategic and crisis communications as well as creating public affairs campaigns.
She handled press for Cuomo’s successful 2018 re-election campaign, and had served his administration since 2015 as first deputy press secretary, leading communications efforts for such infrastructure projects as the opening of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, the unveiling of the new Kosciuszko Bridge and the groundbreaking for Moynihan Station and Penn Station’s West End Concourse.
Other positions Collins has held include press secretary for New York state senator Jeff Klein and director at public affairs and political communications firm Mercury.
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