1772 Transit Workers Being Let Go In New York City

Service Cuts Already In Place

Updated: Thursday, 29 Apr 2010, 7:35 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 29 Apr 2010, 7:21 AM EDT

I keep hearing about the economic recovery that’s taking place all over America. Then comes stories like this one.

States and cities are out of money. New York City has an $800 million transit budget deficit. they are letting go 500 subway station agents and 600 office workers in the next twp weeks.

At the end of June and the first week of July, they will be letting go 550 bus drivers and 122 subway car cleaners.

City and state services are being reduced, parks are having less grass cuttings, libraries are shuttering, road paving projects are being curtailed, hundreds of schools are closing, state hospitals are closing in many parts of the country, yet we are told that the recovery is taking hold.

As I have stated before, our corporations might continue to do well, but Main Street continues to take a pounding.

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MYFOXNY.COM – Hundreds of more workers for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will reportedly be laid off this summer.

According to the NY Times , more than 550 bus workers and 122 subway workers will lose their jobs.

The city’s mass transit agency is struggling with a budget shortfall of $800 million.

The MTA already had plans to let go 500 subway station agents and 600 administrative workers through layoffs and buyouts in the next two weeks.

Dozens of bus lines and two subway routes will also be eliminated.

The second and third rounds of layoffs will happen on June 27 and then on July 4