NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going back to the future for its new leader.
Joe Lhota, who served as MTA head in 2012, was nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday night as the next head of the troubled transit agency.
The State Senate quickly moved to confirm him before its session ended.
Lhota was in charge of the MTA for less than a year in 2012. He was confirmed that January.
His tenure included overseeing the transit system in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
Lhota left the agency in December 2012 to run for mayor in 2013. He earned the Republican nomination but lost to Bill de Blasio.
The MTA has been under fire in recent months for mounting delays on subways and on commuter rails.
Statistics released last week showed that weekday subway delays increased for the fifth straight April, from 22,000 in 2012 to 58,000 in 2017. Weekend delays were also up for the fifth straight year.
During the agency's monthly board meeting Wednesday, interim CEO Ronnie Hakim vowed for a "top-to-bottom review" on how the MTA handles subway delays.