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February 23, 2010
Atlantic Yards YES! Subway Station Agents NO!!
Next time you have an emergency in the subway and can't find a station agent or any other MTA employee, you can take comfort knowing that Bruce Ratner has 22 years in which to pay off his more-than-50%-off deal for the Vanderbilt railyard.
NY Daily News, MTA to cut 1,000 jobs in 'painful' bid to cope with mounting deficits
The MTA plans to hand pink slips to more than 1,000 employees as it struggles to rein in ballooning deficits, the Daily News has learned.
...An additional 450 subway station agents are expected to lose their jobs, saving millions more, under cuts already approved, sources said.
Pink slips will be going out as soon as next month.
...The MTA is being "penny-wise and dollar-foolish," Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samuelsen said.
"Their proposed reduction of station staff amounts to less than 1% of their multibillion-dollar budget," Samuelsen said. "The value of a human presence in the event of a human catastrophe in the subway is absolutely priceless."
Further layoffs, including hundreds of bus drivers, could take place this summer as part of a slew of service cuts.
Posted by eric at February 23, 2010 11:31 PM