MTA overtime spending hit record $1.5B in 2025 – and CEO Janno Lieber is ‘proud’ of the eye-popping amount

Source: New York Post

The MTA shelled out a record mind-boggling $1. 5 billion in taxpayer money on worker overtime last year — but agency chief Janno Lieber said Tuesday that the figure made him  “proud. ’’ The overtime tab was the largest in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 60‑year history, and marked roughly a 27% jump from the $1.