In a NY Post article today: "Under contracts with school-bus companies, the nation's largest school system is obligated to pay 85% of the daily fees when schools are shut for snow or other emergencies, if the days are not made up later."
"The DOE plans to keep paying the 85% of fees for mothballed buses, but seek other uses for them."
DOE spokeswoman, Danielle Filson, was quoted in the article today as saying, "This is an ever-changing situation and we intend to honor our contracts and continue to support the bus workforce while exploring ways to utilize these vehicles to serve the city during a crisis".
As long as she's not talking through her ass ... because not even our union has been told this definitely ... we should be okay even after the 20th.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/nyc-spending-5-9-million-a-day-for-idled-school-buses/
(Thanks to PROUD MEMBER for calling this article to my attention.)
Thanks for the update.Hopefully we'll get a confirmation from the union as well.
Thanks for the update buzz,let's see what the union says,