MTA Finances
Wedding Blues For One MTA Station Agent
The end of the line for hundreds of MTA workers inches closer & closer with each passing day. With a budget deficit that continues to eat away at the MTA, the much maligned transit agency has had their hand forced by a city & state that continues to show no desire to come up with […]
MTA Files Alert To Layoff About 750 Workers
Earlier this morning, I posted a sample from the Q&A held between Streetsblog NYC Editor Ben Fried & TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen. In the Q&A, Mr. Samuelsen expressed his concern for the jobs that the MTA is looking to cut in order to attack the huge budget deficit it faces. His main talking […]
Fare Hikes May Be Steeper
By now, the story of the MTA’s fiscal crisis is ingrained into your mind. The upcoming fare hikes in January inch closer & closer everyday. Some might hope for a reprieve but most resign to the reality of nothing will stop them from happening. Unfortunately as is usual with the MTA, just when you think […]
Bronx Residents To Rally Against Service Cuts
The countdown to the massive service cuts inches closer & closer with each passing day. With that in mind, Bronx residents are using their right to speak out as they plan on holding a rally against the cuts at a town hall meeting tonight. Mike Jaccarino & Pete Donohue of the New York Daily News […]
David Khoukhachvili Scams The MTA
If you ever hear the name David Khoukhachvili, the first thing that should come to mind is “scammer”. This is according to a report which will appear in today’s New York Daily News, which talks about how he scammed the MTA for a dozen years by using doctored papers to obtain a cheaper rental rate. […]
