It was 2 a.m. Monday when the state Senate confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s choice as the new MTA board chairman, which is a pretty strange way to start what the gov claims will be wholesale reform.

The move came after a hasty confirmation hearing on Sunday afternoon — all while the entire Legislature was distracted by the rush to finalize the budget on time so members would qualify for fat raises.

Don’t get us wrong: Pat Foye, the new chairman, is a straight shooter and experienced manager. But he’s just been installed in a manner that seems almost calculated to undermine public confidence.

Unrushed hearings would have allowed for actual back-and-forth on the many issues facing the agency. Or was that what Cuomo and the Legislature’s leaders wanted to avoid?

After all, they used the same keep-the-public-in-the-dark approach in OK’ing “congestion pricing” tolls in Manhattan: The legislation not only puts key calls in the hands of a special commission, it forbids the commission from going public with its decisions until after Election Day 2020.

John Kaehny of Reinvent Albany notes that the gov’s other new pick for the board, Haeda Mihaltses, comes with major conflicts of interest — including repping the Belmont Park Development group that wants an LIRR station built near the planned new Islanders rink.

All in all, Cuomo’s supposed push for MTA reform looks like anything but.