{"id":114383,"date":"2020-11-18T07:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T04:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/unfathomable-mta-budget-proposal-includes-over-9000-job-cuts\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T07:12:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T04:12:44","slug":"unfathomable-mta-budget-proposal-includes-over-9000-job-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unfathomable-mta-budget-proposal-includes-over-9000-job-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Unfathomable’ MTA budget proposal includes over 9,000 job cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Unfathomable’ MTA budget proposal includes over 9,000 job cuts<\/strong>”
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\n Weekday subway service could be nearly chopped in half and over 9,000 transit workers could lose their jobs under an MTA budget proposal being presented to the agency\u2019s board on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But the potential cuts could be mitigated if the transit agency receives a hefty $12 billion from the federal government as part of a new COVID-19 relief package, according to MTA senior advisor Ken Lovett.<\/p>\n

The MTA board will vote on management\u2019s proposal in December and advocates are warning that without the federal help, the cuts are coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cRiders will be hard hit by unfathomable cuts unless the Feds come through \u2014 something they could do tomorrow,\u201d said Lisa Daglian of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee, the MTA\u2019s in-house advocacy group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MTA simply can\u2019t cut its way out of this situation without devastating riders and the region, and the economy by extension. We need help and we need it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MTA\u2019s subway and buses\u00a0would bear the brunt of planned downsizing, with over 8,000 jobs slashed between both branches of service.<\/p>\n

The two combined would be subjected to over $1.1 billion in budget cuts, contributing to the proposed 40 percent reduction in weekday subway service, sources said.<\/p>\n

Commuter railroads operated by the MTA \u2014 the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad \u2014 would lose about $250 million and roughly 1,000 workers under the plan, according to sources.<\/p>\n

Overall, the proposal sheds more than $1.4 billion in services, though the actual savings to the MTA\u2019s bottom line are expected to be somewhat less \u2014 in the neighborhood of $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano slammed the budget proposal and demanded the MTA draw up a new plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MTA\u2019s budget proposal is an outrageous and cowardly surrender to the Coronavirus, and a slap in the face of every transit worker,\u201d Utano, who represents 40,000 transit workers, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo back to the drawing board and come up with real solutions. Tossing thousands of workers onto the street and leaving entire neighborhoods without service are not answers.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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