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The New York City comptroller’s office has reached a $3 million settlement to pay back wages to approximately 450 mostly immigrant workers who cleaned the city’s subways during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“[T]he Comptroller’s Office proudly and successfully recovered millions of dollars on behalf of the hundreds of subway cleaners who performed a vital service and risked their own health at the height of the pandemic,” Comptroller Brad Lander said in a statement. “Without these cleaners sanitizing and keeping our train system from piling up with debris, New York City would have had a much harder time getting moving again five years ago.”

During the pandemic, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) contracted with LN Pro Services, LLC and Fleetwash to clean the subways. NYCTA told the companies that the........

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