Mt. Vernon bus company announces layoffs

A bus company based in Mount Vernon announced it is laying off more than 100 employees due to the loss of a New York City Department of Education contract.

Mar-Can Transportation Co. Inc. and B-Alert Inc., both on East Third Street in Mount Vernon, announced they are laying off 124 employees and 125 employees respectively, effective June 30.

Both filed WARN notices with the state. A person who answered the phone confirmed that they were the same company.

In January, bus matrons, who supervise New York special education students that attend school in Westchester, protested, claiming that the city wanted to replace them with minimum wage workers.