By David Meyer, Bernadette Hogan and Ruth Brown, New York Post; July 11, 2019
The MTA chairman on Thursday called for changes to state laws and union contracts to stop cheating employees from collecting pensions after the agency’s watchdog found shocking instances of fraud and abuse.
“Why should someone who’s engaged in behavior like that described in the inspector general’s report, that violates law and violates MTA standards, why should they be rewarded with a pension?” MTA chairman Pat Foye told reporters.