McCartney bride Nancy Shevell resigns from NY transit board

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Paul McCartney's new bride is stepping down from the board that runs New York City's public transit system.

Nancy Shevell married the Beatles great in October. She announced her resignation from the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at its meeting Wednesday.

Pictures: Her wedding to McCartney

"I am so very emotional and sad right now," Shevell said, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Board member Mark D. Lebow, complimenting Shevell, said, "A little bit of your stardust sort of fell off on us."

Shevell had been on the MTA's board since 2001 and was one of its longest-serving members. Her term expired last year, but she had stayed on pending a new appointment by New York's governor.

When she isn't spending her time with music legends or running subway systems, Shevell is a philanthropist. She was an executive at New England Motor Freight, a New Jersey trucking firm owned by her family.