Who is on the board? Who picks the members?

Most board members are not household names. But each one has at least a few friends in politics.

In addition to the members nominated by the governor and the mayor, there are three delegates from Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. There are four suburban members from Orange, Dutchess, Rockland and Putnam Counties — a group known condescendingly as “quarter-pounders” because they share one vote.

There are also several nonvoting members who represent workers and riders.

Here are a few of the board’s notable members:

Acting chairman: Fernando Ferrer

Image Mr. Ferrer Credit... Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Mr. Ferrer, a former Bronx borough president, is a co-chairman at Mercury, a public strategy firm. (He has taken an unpaid leave of absence while he is chairman.) He rose to the top job in November when the previous chairman, Joseph J. Lhota, resigned. Mr. Ferrer, a friendly Cuomo loyalist, acts as a pinch-hitter of sorts: He has served as acting chairman twice before. Mr. Cuomo’s office said it would appoint a new chairman, which requires confirmation by the State Senate, in “the coming weeks.”

David R. Jones

Mr. Jones, who was recommended by Mayor Bill de Blasio, is president of the Community Service Society of New York, an antipoverty nonprofit. He has been a fierce champion for the “Fair Fares” program to offer discount MetroCards to poor New Yorkers.

Charles G. Moerdler

Mr. Moerdler, a Cuomo appointee, is a partner at the law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Perhaps the most quotable board member, Mr. Moerdler has spawned the moniker “First Degree Moerdler” on Twitter for his fiery screeds. He has decried “fake news.” He recently declared, “We are not empty suits.” Mr. Lhota once challenged him to “be a man” during a tense exchange, and Mr. Moerdler responded by saying, “Bring it on.”

Lawrence Schwartz

Mr. Schwartz, a former top aide to Mr. Cuomo, is an executive at OTG, an airport concessions company. He is known as being Mr. Cuomo’s enforcer on the board and wants to present his own fare proposals aiming to tie higher fares to service improvements.