Governor Hochul gave the Sate of the State address in Albany yesterday talking about what she plans to to do to fix the state and the MTA’s safety issues. Governor Hochul now plans to put one cop on each overnight train, and add more lighting and deal with the homeless. Read more
As of today all six TSO contracts have expired. We are close to settling the TSC contract and we should be able to get the SSII contract done quickly. We had one meeting so far on the MSII contract and we will have a MaBSTOA, MTA Bus and Queens meeting Read more
Local 106 Recording Secretary, Jose DeJesus helping out at the annual Bronx 3 Kings event. The Locals of the TWU New/York New Jersey Sate conference collectively contributed $21,000 to buy toys for underprivileged kids in the Bronx and this was one of several events that the toys were distributed due Read more
If you are aware of spending waste in the MTA, report it here by leaving a message anonymously 24/7 @ (718) 601-5700 and I will investigate it. You don’t need to give your name, just the details of what you’ve seen and can confirm. A few examples of waste, an Read more
At midnight the MTA began charging motorist that drive south of 61st street in Manhattan a $9.00 toll for doing what they have done for the last century for free. The MTA wants to call it the Congestion Pricing Zone, claiming it will reduce vehicle traffic and pollution while making Read more
How can you be expected to pay a $9.00 toll to the MTA when you have massive spending waste going on internally within the MTA, SBS pay before you board Bus routes that management created and has turned into a total debacle of fare evasion and out dated turnstiles that Read more
Questions need to be asked of the MTA as to why there is never accountability for there blatant errors in managing the agency we all work for. It’s a fact that the MTA in their divine wisdom created the SBS off board fare collection and one free bus route in Read more
As Congestion pricing starts on January 5th, New Yorkers face the reality of paying $9 if they drive their vehicle into the Congestion Pricing Zone or take a Subway and risk being murdered. With Governor Hochul’s policies of New York State being a wide open sanctuary state we now have Read more
We wish all of our members, retirees and your families a very Healthy, Happy and Prosperous 2025 New Year!
These are the 20 winners of the 2025 $1,000 Scholarship Awards. 1. Karina Ayriev 2. Joshua Collazo 3. Taina DeJesus 4. Taylor DeLisi 5. Jayda Davis 6. Marc Glean 7. Nicholas Jacobs 8. Brannon Middleton 9. Andrew Napoletano 10. Domenic Settimo 11. Sophie Shneider 12. Vito Valentino 13. Danny Pagan Read more