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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 ...
Former Rocky Point resident John Nugent, a 50-year-old former LIRR crew foreman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and admitted he collected about $34,000 in bogus overtime pay back in July and agreed ...
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 ...
Ex-LIRR Worker Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Report Pre-Derailment: Feds - Westhampton-Hampton Bays, NY - "Falsifying inspection reports puts the safety of the public and MTA employees and property ...
Number of vehicles. 2,429 commuter rail cars. 6,418 subway cars. 61 SIR cars. 5,725 buses [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.
One employee reported 74 hours of overtime alone per week and was paid over $450,000 for the year. Some Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) employees were using handwritten time records instead of electronic systems, which are easier to track and prevent abuse. MTA had no reliable system for verifying hours worked.
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
In April 2018, the MTA published a Bus Action Plan detailing 28 suggestions to improve the bus system, and the MTA also planned to test out a double-decker bus on the redesigned Staten Island bus routes. New president. The MTA hired Andy Byford as the president of the New York City Transit Authority in November 2017.