Academy was accused of underreporting the number of missed trips on seven routes in Hudson County it handled for NJ Transit and over-billing for hours and miles driven.
The Hoboken-based company also agreed to be overseen by an independent monitor, implement new policies and add more training for employees to ensure Academy accurately log trips it fails to complete and how many miles its drivers travel, the state Office of the Attorney General said Friday.
“Academy is glad to have worked cooperatively with the state of New Jersey to resolve this litigation,” Academy Bus spokesman Ben Martin said Friday in an emailed statement.
The missed trips delayed or stranded tens of thousands of riders over the years, the attorney general’s office said in 2020 when the suit was filed. In one instance, an Academy dispatcher told CEO Francis Tedesco moving drivers would cause missed trips on NJ Transit routes. Tedesco responded: “I don’t care about NJ Transit. I want my drivers at this very moment for charter,” according to court papers.
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