Update: 2026 $1,000 Scholarship Winners! And a Special Thank You to our Generous Sponsors, New York Life, M3 Technologies and Pasternak Ziegler LLC, for Making this Possible

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 VitoRead more about Update: 2026 ,000 Scholarship Winners! And a Special Thank You to our Generous Sponsors, New York Life, M3 Technologies and Pasternak Ziegler LLC, for Making this Possible

By Philip Valenti, ago

New York joins other states in rejecting key tax breaks such as tipping, overtime

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 taxRead more about New York joins other states in rejecting key tax breaks such as tipping, overtime

By Philip Valenti, ago

Reminder: December 30th is the 45th Annual Scholarship and 2nd Annual Military Enlistment Drawing

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 willRead more about Reminder: December 30th is the 45th Annual Scholarship and 2nd Annual Military Enlistment Drawing

By Philip Valenti, ago

Bus Lane Enforcement Bill, Signed by Governor Hochul!

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 whileRead more about Bus Lane Enforcement Bill, Signed by Governor Hochul!

By Philip Valenti, ago

Bus Radio System Failure Exposes Management’s Sneaky Tactics to Get Over on Radio Vendor, Clever Devices and Gets Caught!

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 properlyRead more about Bus Radio System Failure Exposes Management’s Sneaky Tactics to Get Over on Radio Vendor, Clever Devices and Gets Caught!

By Philip Valenti, ago

2025 TSO/TWU 106-Holiday Christmas Party, rolled into the Bronx for a blowout!

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 toRead more about 2025 TSO/TWU 106-Holiday Christmas Party, rolled into the Bronx for a blowout!

By Philip Valenti, ago