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NEW YORK — A new package of New York laws will help volunteers and first-responders who aided the 9/11 rescue efforts access their pension and health benefits, state officials said. Five bills ...
WORLD TRADE CENTER, NY — A bill to provide retirement benefits to public employees with 9/11-related illnesses passed the state legislature in the last days of session, according to a report ...
For other similarly named entities, see Metropolitan Transit Authority and MTA (disambiguation). The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA ...
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 ...
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers. In December 2005, the TWU Local 100 ...
The study, which will soon be published in the Journal of Urban Health, says 89 percent of transit workers have faced harassment or assault of some kind while on the job in the city's buses and ...
In many states, public employee pension plans are known as Public Employee Retirement Systems (PERS). Pension benefits may or may not be changed after an employee is hired, depending on the state and plan, as well as hiring date, years of service, and grandfathering. Retirement age in the public sector is usually lower than in the private sector.
Traffic & Transit What To Expect From New Plan To Overhaul NYC's Subways NYC Transit President Andy Byford is expected to unveil a sweeping plan to revamp the city's transit system on Wednesday.