State Audit Socks Port Authority On Overtime

 

  Celeste Katz of the Daily News has the story that The PA paid nearly $86 million in overtime to workers last year, according to an audit DiNapoli released today.  This all comes on the heels of a significant toll hike proposal by the Port Authority. 

  “Before the Port Authority asks for more money to fund its operations, the agency should take a long, hard look at whether its business model for managing overtime really makes sense,” DiNapoli Said. In 2009, 281 employees made more than $50,000 in overtime - and 18 raked in more than $100,000 in pay for extra hours, the report states. One employee earned a base salary of $107,878 and made an additional $153,530 in overtime, an average of 34 hours per week of overtime. 

  To see the entire Daily News article including the 32 page State Comptroller report you can go here.