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swamijane t1_jcgpewz wrote

Within the local underground utilities contractors, Metra is known for not paying anyone and screwing over the small subcontractors. They had this coming for years.

The $150M in the article is not accurate and is probably their "pre-qualification" amount with the City. They probably have closer to $50M in contracts spread across a number of jobs.

The biggest reason they've been disbarred is because they lied to the City repeatedly while the City was investing the MBE/WBE claims. The 7-day payment clause was just the most convenient way for the City to disbar them.

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CandidateNice t1_jcgtzvq wrote

Correct. If you read the documents on the City’s BOE page, it says Metra has a total of $152m in contracts with the City over the past 6 to 8 years. I think the writer of this article made a mistake. The contract they were discussing at the meeting was only like $4m.

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