City will phase in 75 electric school buses over the next two years; To support citywide electric vehicle adoption, the administration will expand legislation that requires all new parking lots include EV charging infrastructure. NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down on his commitment to reduce carbon and air pollution from vehicles by announcing that […]
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Ex-Leader of Bus Drivers’ Union Is Sentenced in Bribery Case
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. […]
Continue readingSchool 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 readingSchool Buses May Foul Air for Many Years
October 11, 2005 – New York City’s fleet of 6,200 yellow school buses is the largest in the country by far. And despite recent efforts to clean up the most polluting buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest.
In a city with asthma rates so high that in some neighborhoods — Harlem, for example — one in four children has the disease, officials have found that efforts to reduce harmful emissions from school buses are hindered by the age of the fleet and by the fact that the buses are owned not by the city, but by outside companies.
Continue readingWrong On Red: 2017 Report Detailing Red Light Camera Violations By School Buses
WRONG ON RED: A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN RELEASES NEW REPORT DETAILING RED LIGHT CAMERA VIOLATIONS BY SCHOOL BUSES October 17, 2017 – NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that an investigation by his office into school bus safety identified nearly 1,500 red light camera violations by school bus companies in Westchester and Suffolk […]
Continue readingHow to Handle NYC DOE School Bus Company Contract Payments during COVID-19
HOW TO HANDLE NYC DOE SCHOOL BUS COMPANY CONTRACT PAYMENTS DURING COVID-19 I. Introduction Recently, the Department of Education’s Panel for Educational Policy postponed review of school bus contract extensions for March and April. The contracts were implemented at the beginning of March as a result of an emergency declared by the Department of Education. […]
Continue reading$94M School Bus Contracts Under Fire for Possible Collusion
$94M SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTS UNDER FIRE FOR POSSIBLE COLLUSION June 17, 2015 – The city comptroller has asked the feds to investigate possible collusion by school-bus companies after finding poor oversight of contracts worth $94 million. Soon after winning the contracts in 2013, five bus firms handed them over to competitors that also took part […]
Continue readingOne of the Largest School Bus Companies on Long Island Goes Out of Business
ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL BUS COMPANIES ON LONG ISLAND GOES OUT OF BUSINESS April 29, 2020 – RONKONKOMA, Long Island – Eyewitness News has learned exclusively that one of the largest school bus companies on Long Island has officially closed its doors and laid off hundreds of its workers. Baumann Bus Company informed its […]
Continue reading4,500 School Bus Drivers, Their Co-Workers Left Jobless on Long Island
4,500 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, THEIR CO-WORKERS LEFT JOBLESS ON LONG ISLAND April 10, 2020 – An estimated 4,500 school bus drivers and co-workers are jobless on Long Island in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, as school districts fearful of funding losses cut off payments to contractors, union and industry representatives said. The contractual cutoffs, […]
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