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The article is 90% on the political mismanagement, but you instead focus on the workers with little influence making $150k in NYC, much of which is from working
by stefan_ 8y ago
The article is 90% on the political mismanagement, but you instead focus on the workers with little influence making $150k in NYC, much of which is from working overtime well past 40 hours in a mostly mindless job.
- rhcom2 8y agoMy favorite line is: "In one particularly egregious example, Mr. Cuomo’s administration forced the M.T.A. to send $5 million to bail out three state-run ski resorts that were struggling after a warm winter."
- rayiner 8y agoThe MTA spends over $10 billion per year on labor, much of it redundant (e.g. two drivers per car): http://interactive.nydailynews.com/project/mta-spending http://interactive.nydailynews.com/project/mta-spending. People say "oh, but diverting tax dollars from MTA, etc." The NYT pegs that at about $1.5 billion over two decades (since Pataki). https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-.... That's $75 million per year, a drop in the bucket in comparison. About enough to build a mile of subway line.