By Katie Corrado, WPIX 11; April 24, 2019
NEW YORK — Fare hikes began on Sunday, but it looks like money won’t just be going into repairs, but also overtime for MTA workers.
The MTA paid out $418 million last year just in overtime — that’s about $82 million more than they expect to bring in from the latest fare hike, according to a report by Empire Center, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank in Albany.