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 […]
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Cash-strapped NYC set to pour $700M ‘down the drain’ on idle school buses
CASH-STRAPPED NYC SET TO POUR $700M ‘DOWN THE DRAIN’ ON IDLE SCHOOL BUSES April 18, 2020 – Mayor de Blasio has announced a $827 million cut in the city education budget, but officials want to spend up to $700 million through June on buses — while schools are closed. Under a massive city budget cut, […]
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$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 […]
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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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