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To the editor:
Transport Workers Union Local 100 retiree Emily Louise Allen, who receives workers compensation payments for neck and back injuries, put it perfectly ("MTA blames vendor transition for workers comp delays,” The Chief, Aug. 1). She said, "If it can be on time for 24 years, how is it not on time now."
She got her check 15 days late. Former MTA bus driver Charles Wilson, who receives workers compensation for a career ending back injury, told The Daily News ("MTA late, with checks," July 31) that he hasn't received a check since June 6. New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow says that 66 percent of recipients got their checks within six days and 33 percent within seven days. So I guess Allen and Wilson are part of the 1 percent.
This obviously could have been avoided if the MTA simply continued to have these payments handled in-house. But with all that's broken due to MTA mismanagement, they decided to fix something that wasn't broken by hiring a private company, Sedgwick, to handle this. As a New York City Transit retiree, I just hope that none of these lame-brains decide to do the same for our pension payments.
Richard Warren
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