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Whoa, Canada: MTA Chief Has Northern Exposure

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 1/22/21

The union that represents many Metropolitan Transportation Authority supervisors is calling for the resignation of Mario Peloquin, the agency's $325,000-a-year chief operating officer, claiming he has spent extended periods of time with his family in Canada rather than devoting full energy to his job.

Mike Carrube, president of the Subway/Surface Supervisors Association, said he was outraged to read in the Jan. 17 Daily News that Mr. Peloquin "spent most of September, October, November and December with his family north of the border" while union members continued to risk their health, with a dozen of them among the 130-plus MTA deaths tied to the coronavirus.

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