EX-LEADER OF BUS DRIVERS’ UNION IS SENTENCED IN BRIBERY CASE The former president of a union representing 15,000 New York City school bus drivers was sentenced on Thursday to four years and nine months in federal prison after pleading guilty to extortion and receiving bribes in a Mafia-controlled racketeering conspiracy. Related Article: LOGAN BUS CO. […]
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School Bus Safety Officials Are Accused of Soliciting Bribes
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSED OF SOLICITING BRIBES Four City Department of Education employees were charged in a federal indictment on Tuesday with soliciting bribes in exchange for promising preferential treatment, including on safety inspections, to bus companies that serve thousands of special education students. In an indictment unsealed in Manhattan, prosecutors said the […]
Continue readingLogan Bus Co. Set to Receive $206 Million Contract Despite Admitting to Bribing City Officials
LOGAN BUS CO. SET TO RECEIVE $206 MILLION CONTRACT DESPITE ADMITTING TO BRIBING CITY OFFICIALS Education officials are poised to give a $206 million no-bid contract to a school bus company – even though its owner has admitted company employees regularly bribed city officials and a mobbed-up union. Logan Bus Co. owner Michael Tornabe – […]
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Diesel Exhaust, School Buses and Children’s Health
DIESEL EXHAUST, SCHOOL BUSES AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH Background and epidemiology: Most North American school buses and transport trucks are powered by diesel fuelled engines. Diesel has become the fuel of choice because it is considered more economical. However, as evidence grows about the connection between diesel exhaust, air pollution and ill health, so does public […]
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