. >> confirming the mayor's reappointment of joel ramos to the board of directors term ending march 1ry good. >> please come forward. >> this is one of our key appointments that we have today, but in general one of the most important ones of the city and so i want to thank you for your service, up to today. and but, now, looking for your second round on the mta board of directors. and so, here you are here to present, and we are here to check you out. >> thank you. so much, chairman, avalos, and vice chair tang and supervisor co-hen and it is an honor to have been submitted to be considered for reappointment and it has been a privilege, i know, serving up there on that board, and it is a very tough position, because transportation, is so critical to all of our lives. and i, i feel as though, the past four years i have learned a lot. and there is a lot to learn. but i feel like we have been able to move the city forward in a positive direction in ways that i think that can be seen in a lot of the improvements that we have seen through the transportation system and one of my first goals