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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OFFICIALS 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 […]
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