Philip Valenti

We wish all of our members, and retirees a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous 2026 New Year!

Listed below are the 16 Scholarship winners for the 2026, $1,000 Scholarship Awards. The remaining 4 Awards went to those that submitted a US Military Enlistment Award Application. Alexander Guo Andrew Napoletano Joshua Swaby Michael Cataldi Kayla Jacobs Madison Conolly Tam Huynh Lincy Valeta Gabriella Rodriguez Christian Romero Dildy Vito Read more…

Where were you… During the brutal winter blizzards of 1995 and 1996? During the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 — and in the days that followed? During the Blizzard of February 2010 — and the days after? During Hurricane Irene in August 2011 — and the days after? During Read more…

This is for New York State taxes not federal taxes. Medora Lee, Reporter USA TODAY Nov. 17, 2025, 11:48 a.m. ET An emergency bill passed in Washington, DC, axing key tax breaks touted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for its residents, highlights why Americans should pay attention to state tax Read more…

We would like to remind you that on Tuesday December 30th, we will be holding our 45th annual scholarship drawing, for College or Trade School and our Second Annual Awards, to members or eligible family members that join the United States Military and complete basic training in 2026. We will Read more…

On this Christmas Day, we want to wish a heartfelt Merry Christmas to all our members and their families. To those who are fortunate to be home today—enjoy this special time with your loved ones, rest, and recharge. You’ve earned it. To our brothers and sisters who are on duty Read more…

Assembly Bill A8292 Signed By Governor https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8292 Senate Bill S6815 Signed By Governor https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6815 Governor Hochul has now signed the Bus Lane Enforcement Bill! This is great news for our members and all NYC Transit Employees that have been unfairly slammed with fines from the Transit Authority and DOT while Read more…

For the second year in a row Local 106 was able to get the NYC Transit Worker Death Gamble Bill to Governor Hochul’ s desk and for a second time Governor Hochul Vetoed the Bill. This unfortunate Veto causesall NYC Transit Workers that are eligible to retire but continue to Read more…

We now know what caused the most recent major disruption and systemwide outage of the Bus Radio System (BRS) and CAD/GPS tracking system at the new 90 million dollar East New York Bus Command Center (BCC). Even though all of the systems at the BCC have not been operating properly Read more…

Another great holiday party with the Local 106 membership and retirees at the American Turners in the Bronx. We were very happy to have our friend and Bronx neighbor NYS Senator, Nathalia Fernandez (District 34) stop by, to say thank you to the membership for all that they do to Read more…