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 […]
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FBI Claims School Bus Owner Paid Mob Union
FBI Claims School Bus Owner Paid Mob Union January 23, 2008 – The feds have busted a school bus company owner implicated in a growing scandal that’s tarnished the city’s Department of Education, the Daily News has learned. Joseph Fazzia, owner of Jofaz Transportation, was quietly charged last week with making false statements to the […]
Continue readingOFFICIALS SAY SCHOOL BUS SYSTEM HAS TIES TO MOB
April 23, 1995 – Former and current officials of the union and 14 companies negotiating a new contract for New York City’s school bus service have longstanding connections with organized-crime figures, according to court records and law enforcement authorities. Two representatives of the union, Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, have been co-defendants with […]
Continue readingSCHOOL BUSES, UNIONS AND THE MOB: A SPECIAL REPORT
SCHOOL BUSES, UNIONS AND THE MOB: A SPECIAL REPORT; SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTS GO TO COMPANIES WITH TIES TO MOB December 26, 1990 – Without competitive bidding, New York City consistently awards the most expensive school bus contracts in the nation, and many have gone to companies linked to suspected organized-crime figures. One company that transported […]
Continue readingEX-MOB LAWYER LINKS THE MAFIA TO SCHOOL BUSES
WASHINGTON, January 29, 1986 — A former New York City lawyer testified today that many of the city’s school bus contracts were held by companies with links to organized crime. The witness, Martin Light, appeared before the President’s Commission on Organized Crime to testify about how lawyers helped their clients subvert the legal system through […]
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