Union officials reacted to Prendergast's flight from the table by calling on the official who appointed him — Gov. Cuomo — to intervene. But there was no word from Albany as to whether the governor would come off the sidelines to broker a strike-dodging deal. Cuomo, who helped deliver a contract for subway and bus workers earlier this year, previously said Congress was legally the appropriate entity to intervene, though the members of New York's congressional delegation later said they won't likely wade into the fray.