TWU President Tony Utano's Statement on the MTA Fiscal Plan

NEW YORK, JULY 25 – TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano released the following statement regarding the MTA's preliminary financial plan:

"Overall, the MTA is hiring and putting more boots on the ground, and that's good news for transit workers and riders. If we're going improve service, that's absolutely critical. This preliminary financial plan increases the overall number of transit workers who will be maintaining and repairing the system by approximately 640 (over the plan released in February). But we're very concerned about some misguided reductions through attrition that are being proposed. These could negatively impact customer service, car cleanliness and track safety. I'm adamantly against these proposals, and will be urging MTA officials to abandon them."