STUDY FINDS ASTHMA IN 25% OF CHILDREN IN CENTRAL HARLEM New York – April 19, 2003 – A study has found that one of every four children in central Harlem has asthma, which is double the rate researchers expected to find and, experts say, is one of the highest rates ever documented for an American […]
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RONKONKOMA COMPANY LAYING OFF 900 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, OTHER EMPLOYEES
RONKONKOMA COMPANY LAYING OFF 900 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, OTHER EMPLOYEES March 30, 2020 – One of Long Island’s biggest school bus companies is laying off about 900 drivers and other employees Wednesday in the face of school closings because of the coronavirus, according to union representatives, who added that other transportation firms had “done the […]
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CITY SPENDING $5.9M A DAY FOR IDLED SCHOOL BUSES DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK April 4, 2020 – New York City is spending nearly $6 million a day during the coronavirus crisis for idled school buses, The Post has learned. Under contracts with school-bus companies, the nation’s largest school system is obligated to pay 85% of the […]
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WHY SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS NEED TO BE PAID DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK • April 7, 2020 – Many school bus companies over the state and country have reached out to me about the perils of the COVID-19 crisis and what has happened to their businesses. Mass layoffs have taken place. Shops have completely ceased operations. Many […]
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BATTLE OVER SCHOOL BUS SERVICE IN NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY 1, 2007 – It seemed like an easy way to save millions of dollars: consolidate yellow school bus routes so New York City was no longer paying for buses for hundreds, if not thousands, of children who never actually rode them. But when the plan […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Dozens of Greyhound buses roll in and out of Washington, D.C. each day. Greyhound Lines Inc. is a major bus company headquartered in Texas. It owns and operates buses that carry about 16 million passengers per year, through both its Greyhound and BoltBus brands. While they’re waiting to load and unload passengers and their bags, […]
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One guy has already made $9,000. New York – March 28, 2019 – Thanks to a new law, any New Yorker with a cell phone and some time to kill can earn thousands of dollars reporting on idling commercial vehicles. The law, enacted in January of 2018, lets anyone submit an online complaint form to […]
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Mountain View, Calif., February 5, 2020 – Pioneering methods to accelerate electric fleet adoption, AMPLY Power will demonstrate and document its Charging-as-a-Service approach for an all-electric school bus fleet in New York City. Logan Bus Company is providing a fleet of five electric school buses for the demonstration, Black and Veatch will be bringing their […]
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