Get our free LIBN e-alerts & breaking news notifications! Patrick Foye (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Gov. Cuomo) Pat Foye to lead ESD as interim president and CEO By: Adina Genn June 9, 2021 Comments Off on Pat Foye to lead ESD as interim president and CEO Patrick Foye will lead Empire State Development, New York State’s economic development arm, as interim president and CEO. In a new shift in leadership, Foye, a Long Island resident, is leaving the MTA, having led that agency as president, chairman and CEO for the past four years. Foye will begin his new role on July 30. He had led the ESD previously under then-Gov. Elliot Spitzer.