NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – MTA overtime spending dropped slightly in 2020, but its workers are still getting astronomical overtime pay.
Among the highest-paid MTA workers in 2020 was a police detective sergeant who earned just over $397,000, according to the agency.
But that wasn’t as much as the just over $411,000 made by former MTA COO Mario Peloquin, who resigned last month.
MTA Chairman Pat Foye called it progress that MTA overtime spending dropped by $122 million in 2020.
Overall, $1.1 billion was spent in overtime pay last year, according to the agency.
In a statement, Foye said: “The MTA remains laser-focused on advancing a range of initiatives aimed at driving down controllable overtime and addressing potential abuses as quickly and efficiently as possible and this work will continue in earnest.”
Foye said while overtime pay is important to keep the transit system going, it’s up to the MTA leadership to “guard against abuse.”