claushauler t1_j5187xb wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Strain-9847 in New demands for MTA reform after Post reveals $400M LIRR waste: ‘No blank check’ by NYY657545
MTA spent $30 million dollars on a stairway a team of immigrant laborers could have built for a fraction of the price. $30 million.
https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/mta-boasts-30m-times-square-stairway-then-gets-roasted
oreosfly t1_j52kyu9 wrote
A private real estate developer built the elevator at that entrance for $10 million.
Big brain.
> and $10 million, for the new elevators, paid by Jamestown Properties, the company that owns One Times Square.
claushauler t1_j52magj wrote
Reading comprehension is your passion, huh?
"The MTA said that the new entranceway cost a total of $40 million, with $30 million coming from the agency and $10 million, for the new elevators, paid by Jamestown Properties, the company that owns One Times Square."
So , anyway, they spent $30 million on a stairway. Thirty. million.dollars.
oreosfly t1_j52par7 wrote
My comment was in support of your comment - the MTA needs to spend $30m on a stair case while a private company can build an elevator for 1/3 of the cost.
Chill out. No need to be so antagonistic.
claushauler t1_j53j25q wrote
I apologize, I read you wrong and for that I'm sorry.
The MTA makes me irritable in general😆
oreosfly t1_j53qvyp wrote
All good fam
Biglolo3537 t1_j52r0dv wrote
You do realize they pay trade workers prevailing wage. That's a nys requirement. If they could pay immigrants cheap, they would.. you should see what they pay their own employees and engineers. They pay them garbage.
But now we talk about outside contractors. They get it all. An electrican makes over a 100 bucks an hour. Their own employees are called light maintainers so that way they don't have to pay them electrican rates.
queensnyatty t1_j57e0fb wrote
Lol, they don’t pay their employees garbage. They get quadruple overtime for showing up.
Biglolo3537 t1_j57kwde wrote
No they don't. In the sense of paying them a days rate to do 2 hours of work. Yes quadruple. But no one gets quadruple OT. Policy is max, double OT.
queensnyatty t1_j57lcun wrote
“Generous contracts that allow engineers to draw quadruple pay for a standard shift, while conductors can easily score double pay just for working a Mets-game train — even if they clock no overtime;”
Did you read the linked article?
angryplebe t1_j5axkab wrote
Not the white collar employees. I was looking for IT work and the MTA pays rock bottom prices for in-house IT. The MTA is very generous with certain groups within its ranks and to outside contractors.
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