Rosconi Retires as Torch Passes to D'Amato at Private Lines/MTA Bus/School Bus

pictured: (l-r): Recording Secretary LaTonya Crisp, newly appointed Division Chair Mike Capocci, newly appointed Vice President Danny D'Amato, President Richard Davis, Secretary-Treasurer John V. Chiarello, and Admin. VP Lynwood Whichard. Not pictured: New Exec Board Member Lindbergh Ray.
pictured: (l-r): Recording Secretary LaTonya Crisp, newly appointed Division Chair Mike Capocci, newly appointed Vice President Danny D'Amato, President Richard Davis, Secretary-Treasurer John V. Chiarello, and Admin. VP Lynwood Whichard. Not pictured: New Exec Board Member Lindbergh Ray.

SEPTEMBER 18 -- The TWU Local 100 Executive Board elevated MTA Bus Division Chair Danny D'Amato to Vice President of MTA Bus/Private Bus Lines/School Bus & Paratransit. He replaces three-term VP Pete Rosconi, who has retired from active service.

“I’d like to thank President Richard Davis for recommending me for this important position, and also the E-board for granting its approval,” D’Amato said. “I look forward to continuing to work with the Davis administration at this higher level. I have big shoes to fill, but I’m up to the task of serving our department’s members as their new Vice President.”

In other moves, the Executive Board elevated Mike Capocci from MTA Bus Division Vice Chair to Division Chair. The board also placed College Point Vice Chair Lindbergh Ray onto the Executive Board.

On stepping down, Rosconi, a 29-year-transit veteran, said: "I could never have had the success I had with Private Bus Lines without the three Division Chairs, Danny D'Amato of MTA Bus, Gus Moghrabi of School Bus, and Carlos Bernabel of Liberty Lines. They always supported me and have always been loyal. Going forward with Danny as VP and Mike as Division Chair, I feel the membership is in great hands and in a great situation right now. They will continue to put pressure on the bosses and continue to do audits to force the MTA to comply with the law and the contract."

D'Amato started his transit career with New York Bus Service in 1991. When NY Bus was folded into the MTA under Mayor Mike Bloomberg in 2005, D'Amato became a Shop Steward. He went on to win four terms as Vice Chair of Eastchester Depot before becoming Division Vice Chair and then Chair.

Capocci began his transit career in 1999, getting involved with the Union in 2013 as an elected delegate to the TWU International Convention. In 2016 he was elected Section Vice Chair, then served as Division Vice Chair before rising to his current post, Division Chair. He also serves on the Union's Executive Board.

Ray began working for transit in 2006. A strong supporter of the Union, he became Section Vice Chair of Transportation at College Point last year.

President Davis said: "Pete Rosconi has held the line as a powerful advocate for the working men and women of the Private Lines. His team today moves up to continue that legacy and I have every confidence in their ability to measure up to the standard he set."