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We are very sorry to report that our Brother, Reinaldo Vargas a Dispatcher at the ENY Bus Command Center and 18 year veteran of the OA Department of Buses has passed away. We mourn with the Vargas family and weRead more about TSO Mourns Passing of MaBSTOA Dispatcher Reinaldo Vargas

Almost four years after President Biden swung open the doors of America and invited the rest of the world to come in, we are now dealing with many problems of this self inflicted invasion. One of the problems we areRead more about Squatters pushing New York City homeowners to financial limits, CBS News report.

Important: Reminder from MTA about Dual employment. https://view.employeecomms.mta.org/?qs=2a30b39ac2825c0ff243f04b8f327d477178318728ebc2a3c87f261dfa71e802ddd975273fe1b8e098b1a99090513eb92b2874b7a1432589cea27db6afbb233218fd65367e8d3b1da26512f7ee73af81

The TSO team traveled to Albany to attend a New York State Public Employees Conference (NYSPEC) meeting to discuss the Tier 6 pension and possible changes to the Bill this Legislative session. NY State Senator Robert Jackson and Sponsor ofRead more about Albany Tier 6 NYSPEC Meeting

We made some changes to our Apparel on the TSO Store including the option to buy Non-USA made items at a different price and we made some tweaks to some items we already carried. There will be more changes comingRead more about Updated TSO Store

We met with DOT on March 27th and some advice was given to us on what you should do when handling Transit business in a Authority vehicle. Please talk to your Division Chairman for details.

President Philip Valenti, Vice President Joseph Betancourt and Recording Secretary/Senior Political Director Jose DeJesus met today with MTA Chairman Janno Lieber and Senior Vice President of Labor Relations Anita Miller to discuss the Death Gamble Bill Legislation and working togetherRead more about Talking Death Gamble Bill with MTA Chairman Lieber

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