MTA Finances
Ridership Declines Cost MTA Over $100 Million
As the story usually goes with the MTA finances, when it rains, it pours. This was the case once again in the latest report released today from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapol which states ridership declines cost the MTA over $100M through October 2009 than during the same period in 2008. Here is […]
Access A Ride Giving Rides To Empire City
Now every time I see a TV commercial for Empire City Casino @ Yonkers Raceway, my initial thought would be how much money is being wasted via Access-A-Ride trips to this gambling hot spot. I was absolutely floored & disgusted to read two reports about how Access-A-Ride vans were taking some passengers to the casino. […]
MTA Workers Protest Over Raises
The latest shot in the raise battle between the MTA & Transport Workers Union Local 100 was fired earlier today when hundreds of union members protested in the streets of midtown. Pete Donohue of the New York Daily News has more in this report: In a scene reminiscent of the tumultuous days leading to the […]
Workers Should Keep Their Raises
Last month, one of the major topics in the world of local transportation, was the battle between the MTA & TWU. The latest round in the long standing feud focused on the MTA’s desire to have the 11% raises awarded to TWU Local 100 members, by an arbitration panel, overturned. A few days ago, two […]
Workers Comp Doctor Sues The MTA
The MTA has & will always be called many different things whether it be incompetent, thieves, etc… However you can add a new word to the list, deadbeat. This is according to Dr. Michael Hearns who says the MTA has stiffed him out of more than $600,000 in claims he has billed since January 2007. […]
