Members of the MTA board had no trouble hiking monthly MetroCard fares last month, but reporting their incomes and financial information proved more difficult for some.
Board member Larry Schwartz’s required financial-disclosure form is two years out of date; union honcho Peter Ward’s statement omits his income information; and lawyer Charles Moerdler filed his report with the city but asked to keep his wife’s income private.
MTA board members are required to submit annual public-disclosure reports each spring to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics. The most recent filings cover 2015.
But the last disclosure for Schwartz, the former secretary and key aide to Gov. Cuomo, dates to 2013. Schwartz was questioned in a federal probe over the operation of Cuomo’s anti-corruption Moreland Commission. No charges were ever brought.
Asked what action JCOPE would take about the filing lapse, a spokesman would only say “we have processes to follow.”
A Schwartz spokesman said it was an “oversight” and would be “immediately resolved.”
Ward listed his three union positions, but not salaries.
“It was a clerical error on our part and we’ll be filing amended returns first thing Monday with his income,” said union spokesman Jason Ortiz.
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