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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 ...
Through Empire's transparency efforts, overtime abuse in the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) was uncovered. [28] Empire discovered that MTA's payroll grew by $418 million in 2018, a large portion of which was from a $119 million increase in overtime. [29] $145 million alone was spent on overtime from the Subway Action Plan.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
MTA agencies now move about 8.6 million customers per day (translating to 2.65 billion rail and bus customers a year) and employ about 74,000 people. [52] [53] The MTA's systems carry over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday. [54]
The Queens DA's office will help investigate a spike in overtime pay, raising the possibility of criminal charges, Newsday reported. Maya Kaufman , Patch Staff Posted Wed, May 15, 2019 at 12:31 pm ET
The study will look into a subway extension, improved bus rapid transit, and a new light rail line. [152] Since the study occurred concurrently with the 2020 redesign of Brooklyn bus routes, the MTA decided to prioritize the Utica Avenue transit study. [153] In November 2017, the RPA suggested building both lines as part of its fourth plan.