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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

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 dutyRead more about Merry Christmas to Our Members🎄

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!

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 toRead more about Transit Worker Death Gamble Bill, Vetoed by Governor Hochul-AGAIN!

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!

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!

TSO/TWU Local 106 President, Philip Valenti interview with CBS News New York, 12-17-2025

After a year of warning the MTA Dept. of Buses managers that there are major problems with the Bus Command Center Radio System and filing a grievance to stop Transit Management from implementing their new model of Dispatching Buses, the Bus Radio System gave out and went into shut downRead more about President Valenti, tells MTA Chairman Lieber to Intervene as Bus Command Center Radio has Systemwide Outage, MTA Board 12-17-2025

Queans Division Chairman Todd Napoletano hit the MTA Board with straight facts today as he explained the significance and vital role Bus Dispatchers play in keeping buses on time and the system running smoothly.

TWU New York Chairman Jose DeJesus (Local 106) and New Jersey Chairman Matt Wright (Local 1400) did an incredible job again this year as the TWU NY/NJ Toy Drive moved to New Jersey. Matt Wright pulled it all together buying thousands toys for needed children. Many of the conference LocalsRead more about 2025-Another Incredible Toy Drive by the NY/NJ TWU State Conference