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  2. MTA Workers' Pay Surged As Agency Worked To Fix Subways

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    The MTA's payroll costs jumped $418 million last year, driven by a nearly 16% spike in overtime payments, according to records compiled and released Monday by the Empire Center, an Albany-based ...

  3. Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Wikipedia

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    MTA employees also suffered due to the budget issues. By mid-July 2010, MTA layoffs had reached over 1,000, and many of those affected were low-level employees who made less than $55,000 annually. [143] As of 2015, the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan. [144]

  4. New York City Transit Authority - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...

  5. SmarTrip - Wikipedia

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    Cash loaded on either card is valid on both WMATA and MTA vehicles. This also means purse funds cannot be used for cash equivalents, so a person who is authorized for a monthly bus pass in employee benefits cannot use that benefit to pay for rail travel or a day pass. Discounted (half-fare) cards have different rules for SmarTrip and CharmCard.

  6. 257 Metro-North Employees Made More Than $200K Last ... - Patch

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    In 2015, 257 Metro-North Railroad employees made more than $200,000, according to payroll data recently added to the Empire Center for Public Policy’s transparency website, SeeThroughNY.net.

  7. Here's How To Pay For Subway Rides With Your Phone

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    The MTA plans to expand the system to the entire subway system and all bus routes by late 2020, and it's expected to hit the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad in 2022.. How Does OMNY ...

  8. NYC Transit Union Demands 'Around The Clock' Contract Talks

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    The union for subway workers says it could "consider other alternatives" if MTA brass don't want to hash out a new labor contract. Noah Manskar ...

  9. Commuter tax - Wikipedia

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    This tax, known popularly as the "mobility tax", or the "MTA tax", is intended to provide funds for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which transports many of the region's commuters. Philadelphia has a 3.924% wage tax on residents and a 3.495% tax on non-residents for wages earned in the city as of August 2013.