July 06, 2023
A New York federal judge signed off on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $7.25 million settlement of around 460 bridge and tunnel officers' unpaid overtime claims after revisions to the deal, finding the proposed release clause and damages calculations were detailed enough to warrant approval.
June 07, 2023
About 460 Metropolitan Transportation Authority bridge and tunnel officers again asked a New York federal court to greenlight a $7.25 million settlement to resolve their unpaid overtime suit, following the court's previous determination that a lack of information precluded approval.
May 15, 2023
A New York federal judge on Monday denied a bid to approve a $7.25 million settlement between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and about 450 bridge and tunnel officers in their unpaid overtime class action, finding the agreement lacks documentation supporting the damages calculations.
December 13, 2022
About 450 bridge and tunnel officers and the New York City area's Metropolitan Transportation Authority asked a New York federal judge to approve a $7.25 million settlement that would end the officers' suit claiming they were shorted overtime pay.
June 25, 2021
Bridge and tunnel officers can move forward with claims that the New York City area's Metropolitan Transportation Authority shorted them on overtime by making them work unpaid off the clock, as a federal judge said there was sufficient evidence of an overarching policy depriving them of pay.