It's hard to imagine that a local transportation agency could decide this was the right time to end unlimited sick leave for its workers, but the Port Authority has apparently done just that for employees of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rail line.
And it's nearly as tough to believe PA Executive Director Rick Cotton's claim at the agency's monthly meeting May 21 that he was "not aware" of the change, which has required PATH workers who contract the coronavirus to use sick days and then vacation days if they expect to keep being paid while recuperating.
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