*** Legislative Update *** In the NYS Assembly and Senate our good friends Peter Abbate, Jessica Ramos and Andrew Gounandes, are sponsoring legislation that would make any COVID-19 related illness suffered by our members presumed be to an on the job injury. Read more
Lyft announced that Citi and Mastercard have partnered to commit $1 million to significantly grow the Citi Bike Critical Workforce Membership Program, making memberships longer and available to more workers. More than 5,500 first-responder, healthcare, and transit workers have joined Read more
*** Important Up Date *** Effective April 26, 2020 the temporary suspension of doctor certification requirement for absences of 5 days or less HAS ENDED. ALL MEMBERS SHALL REVERT TO THIER PREVIOUS CONTRACTUAL DOCTOR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
April 20th: Gov. Cuomo called on the federal government today to boost wages for healthcare workers, cops, firefighters, transit workers and others on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus outbreak. In his daily briefing from Albany, Cuomo said Congress should Read more
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that it has joined forces with Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care to provide prioritized COVID-19 testing to symptomatic frontline MTA workers at its urgent care facilities throughout the New York metropolitan region. Under the Read more
APRIL 14 — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, TSO Local 106 and the Transport Workers Union of America, have reached an agreement establishing a COVID-19 death benefit for members who died after being infected. Under the agreement, the MTA will pay $500,000 in Read more
As a result of COVID-19, relief programs have been put in place to help you meet your immediate financial needs. This includes loosened restrictions on accessing your retirement savings. Some programs require you meet certain eligibility conditions, while other measures Read more
In response to the COVID-19 crisis the Authority is offering a vacation carry-over program for employees who had their vacations cancelled.
The MTA recently issued information on additional programs for employees who have become ill or quarantined due to COVID-19. Below are the links to the informational posters and the MTA memo: MTA Memo COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Employee Rights FMLA Read more
Through our efforts we were able to get the State to include telemed doctor visits for our members who are enrolled in the NYSHIP Empire Plan. Here is the corrected instruction sheet. Click here to get started. After you create your account the Read more