NYC to pay for Ubers, Lyfts for thousands of students if school-bus drivers strikeBy Craig McCarthy
August 28, 2023
New York City plans to pay for Ubers, Lyfts and MetroCards to get tens of thousands of students to school if it fails to strike a deal with the yellow-bus-drivers union, officials said Monday.
Big Apple schools Chancellor David Banks spelled out the costly backup plan, which includes paying for thousands of rideshares for disabled students and migrant children — as well as for their parents to and from work from the schools during drop-offs and pick-ups.
Still, he said he remains “hopeful” that an agreement can be made with Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union before the first day of school Sept. 7.
“We are pushing for a resolution before the start of the school year. In the meantime, we are working hard to plan for every alternative transportation service we will provide if a strike is called, and make families aware,” Banks said in a statement.
A city school bus drivers’ strike would be the first in a decade and affect more than 80,000 students on 4,400 routes across the five boroughs.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/nyc-to-pay-for-ubers-lyfts-for-thousands-of-students-if-school-bus-drivers-strike/
