Twenty retired transit workers have accepted a Metropolitan Transportation Authority offer to return to work as Bus Operators or Train Operators for three-month periods in which they can earn up to $35,000 while still collecting their pensions, a step taken to deal with personnel shortages in those jobs.
The offer, first extended Sept. 21, came as part of the agency's effort to maintain service in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic's toll, which caused the death of more than 100 New York City Transit employees and sickened thousands of others.
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