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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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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