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Hochul’s administration cut access to life-saving medical care for 1.2M NY workers, retirees: lawsuit.
New York Post Article: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly slashing access to specialty doctors — and potentially life-saving medical treatment — for 1.2 million government workers and retirees, The Post has learned. The explosive claims, laid out in a suit filed in Albany Read more…
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Unsafe transit is an existential threat to NYC, but lefty pols refuse to see reality. NY Post Article
New York’s subway killings have reached a terrible, 25-year high, with the number of killings in the past two years eclipsing the total for the previous 11. That makes it an existential threat not just to the MTA, but to the entire city. As Nicole Gelinas points out, “Public safety is the #1 basis for Read more…
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Contract Negotiations
There is not much of significance to report at the moment other than to let you know where we are, and what the hold up is at the moment. There is one main hold up and a few smaller issues that need to be resolved. The main hold up is Read more…
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2023 Benefits Open Enrollment November 1-December 31, 2022
If you wish to make changes to your medical coverage or to opt out of medical coverage, the period for doing so starts on November 1st and runs till December 31, 2022. You should be receiving a post card from the MTA informing you of this. Get all the information Read more…
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Tier VI Pension Overpayment Update.
If you are in the Tier VI Pension and are waiting to receive a refund due to the overpayment into the NYCERS or MaBSTOA pension, this bit of information below may be helpful to let you know where the Authority is in the process of getting you your money back. Read more…
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The TSO at the Pataki Endorsement of Lee Zeldin
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2022/09/20/former-gov–george-pataki-endorses-lee-zeldin https://www.instagram.com/reel/CivyKa7p3so/?igshid=MDlmYmQ2NmI=
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Video Flash Back 1970’s NYC Transit
A nestalgic look back at the NYC Transit Sysytem in the 70s. This is not a product endorsement.
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Two Big Issues We are Dealing with in Contract Negotiations
As I’ve said before, we are negotiating six contracts at the same time and the two big issues we are dealing with that have caused us problems is fitting into the Local 100 pattern as Local 100 agreed to increases in their (1)prescription co-pays and Emergency Room Visits and they Read more…