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MTA/OIG Report #2019-05 Addendum (June 2020)

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MTA/OIG #2019-05

Dual Employment and Abuse of Time by NYCT Deputy Superintendent

On March 13, 2019, the Office of the MTA Inspector General sent NYC Transit (NYCT) its

findings that Gustavo Espinal, Deputy Superintendent at the NYCT Central Electronics Shop

operated a personal business during NYCT work hours, had never received dual employment

authorization from NYCT or the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE),

and failed to disclose his outside employment and income on his financial disclosure forms filed

with JCOPE as required. See attached report dated March 13, 2019.

In May 2019, in response to the OIG’s investigation and report, NYCT brought disciplinary

charges against Espinal, as a result of which, in June 2019, Espinal was suspended 30-days

without pay and divested of his interest in the business. The OIG also referred the matter to

JCOPE, whereby in July 2019, Espinal admitted he violated the Public Officers Law, agreed to

amend his financial disclosure forms for the years 2015 through 2018, and to divest his interest

in the business; but did not face additional financial penalties in light of the approximately

$8,500 in salary lost during the suspension.

Carolyn Pokorny

MTA Inspector General