The truth is, DOT can't afford to do the work in house, too expensive for the agency. The bids in question were from a couple of contracts ago. When Hylan had it, they had trouble maintaining, and couldn't bid on the next contract. Why is it a problem if a few contractors bid on the contract when it comes up? (which is every two years). This is specialized work that takes training, and special equipment, not every contractor in the city is going to run over to DOT and bid. And why is it something of this nature happens, and the whole union is blamed? Not every union member is in the Mafia. The same thing happened to Toussant, when all he was trying to do was protect his membership. Before you put this to the firing squad, consider the families and working people this will hurt, alot of whom had nothing to do with this, except being union members.
The truth is, DOT can't afford to do the work in house, too expensive for the agency. The bids in question were from a couple of contracts ago. When Hylan had it, they had trouble maintaining, and couldn't bid on the next contract. Why is it a problem if a few contractors bid on the contract when it comes up? (which is every two years). This is specialized work that takes training, and special equipment, not every contractor in the city is going to run over to DOT and bid. And why is it something of this nature happens, and the whole union is blamed? Not every union member is in the Mafia. The same thing happened to Toussant, when all he was trying to do was protect his membership. Before you put this to the firing squad, consider the families and working people this will hurt, alot of whom had nothing to do with this, except being union members.