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I know I saw someone here in the low 1800's get one, and I'm in the mid-high 1800's and never got a letter, so either they stopped early on in the 1800's or they skipped me for whatever reason just to give me more anxiety about all this. haha Hopefully I'm the next round of canvassing, and really hoping to make it for classes in fall/winter, but it's hard to say with how they're scheduling these, and if they let more into classrooms now that restrictions are loosening up.

Thanks everyone for the responses. Yeah, I figured I should be good if I'm showing up on the certification lists, but I also know how technical they get with all this and how easy paperwork can be mismanaged so I start second guessing. I'll try to contact them on Monday with the phone number and emails you guys listed. I really appreciate it. And yeah, my plan was always to have the track worker as a back up after I potentially might have failed out of the train operator, but now the track worker might come up first and if I'm not included in the next round of train ops it could be 6-8-to who knows how many months before they get to me, and I'd hate to pass up the chance to at least start working in track while waiting. I'd want to finish that first year out of probation so I still have the track worker as a back up if I do indeed fail out of the train operator classes.

Does anyone know how to tell if you've been taken off the deferred list and placed back on the active list? I had deferred back in 2018 when they canvassed really far in advance and I was still on the west coast at the time, but I thought I had asked to be returned to the list not long after. My name always appears on the certification list when they update it for their pulls and I thought that meant I was off the deferred list but now that they're contacting people near me (I'm in the mid-1800s on the list), I'm getting paranoid about it. Is there a certain way to contact them and ask? I literally just filled out the paperwork for the track worker position last week, and it would be nice to be able to send it in for this while it's still good to go. Also don't want to have to wait for another round before being contacted because if I start as a track worker, it looks like I'll have to stay in it for a year to pass the probation period, even though the train operator is what I tested for and have been gunning for far longer.

Okay. Thank you again. I actually filled in the paperwork by hand and then scanned it in, so updating it is going to be a pain, but small price to pay, I guess. haha Thank you!

Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. I'll be sure to do that. Do you know if I would need to get ahold of them to update it, or just wait until I'm called in for the pre-employment stuff and update it then?

Hi guys, I'm about to fill out my canvass letter and pre-employment info myself (I'm in the high 6xx's on the list). Just wanted to say thank you for everyone posting questions and constant info for everyone. It's helped a lot. I did have a couple questions myself, probably born out of just over-worrying, but I know how technical they can get when going through the papers. 1. I moved back here from the west coast three weeks ago in prepping for either this position or the train operator list. The earliest I could get an appointment to update my ID is on 7/23, so right now my ID is still my old information from living on the west coast. I also haven't updated my address with the MTA for either position, though I can send those emails anytime. The paperwork asks for your living addresses for the last five years and I don't want to lie on it and hide my current address even if it doesn't match up to my id or the info they have on file. I can easily not send a copy of my driver's license since it's not a driving position technically, and by the time they call me in it should be updated. I'm thinking of just doing that and filling everything out honestly and that should be good, but I wasn't sure. I don't know if any of that even matters, to be honest, but I just hear how strict they are on the paperwork and I don't want to mess any of this up. haha 2. My other question is I'm currently interviewing for a couple of jobs that I was going to take just to earn some money while waiting for these MTA jobs, but I won't be hired by them, if any, this week so I won't be able to put them on the job history paperwork when I turn them in. If I do that a job AFTER the paperwork's in, will that be an issue? I've heard people getting into trouble when they forgot to add a job somewhere in their paperwork, and I'm fearful of that happening to me. Or will it be good since the job was after the date I turned it in, and they can maybe amend it afterwards? We do have enough money saved to live off of for six months or so, and if they keep at the same rate of hire as these last few months, I'll probably be called in for the pre-employment tests either August or September, I'm guessing, so there's really not long to wait, so I can just hold off form any more work until then if need be and avoid the headaches, but I'm just not sure. Thanks for any help or opinions, guys. I'm sure I'm just being overly neurotic, but I've been looking forward to these jobs for years at this point and now that it's almost there, I'm deathly afraid of screwing it up by paperwork. haha

Thanks. That's what I'm worried about is someone I call leaving out some part of the process getting me screwed over. I've had enough dealings with my school loan sharks to have learned that lesson by now. What has me on edge is when I called the lady at DCAS specifically using the term "defer" from the list for a while, she said like "we don't deal with that here. You have to call the NYC Transit". And from what I gather, I guess, if I send back the letter and check I Decline Appointment, that puts me on "deferred"? Or do I still have to actively have someone place me on a deferment? Because that's what I tried to figure out calling today and just kind of got the run around and passing the buck. Just don't want to send the letter back like that and get booted completely off the list. The NYC Transit lady also told me I'd have to go in person to DCAS to reinstate but from what I've read through the thread it seems it can be done over the phone. Would anyone know about that also? Sorry for all the questions. Just nervous as this is something I've wanted for over a decade and maybe being my last chance at being able provide a stable life for my son and I, so I get insanely edgy over potentially losing the chance over something miniscule. haha

Hi guys! I had a couple more questions about deferring form the list if anyone can help. I got my PE letter to come in Dec 4th but I have to defer since I'm not ready to leave from the west coast yet. I tried calling DCAS they said they don't deal with deferring it and told me to call NYC Transit which I had to hunt around to find their human resources number. Called them and the lady told me to check the I Decline Appointment part and mail it back and I'll be passed over. But then it seems to be a headache to become reinstated. From what I gather, if my list number (18XX) is passed and people beyond me are actually in classes, I'm supposed to call DCAS to be reinstated on the list to be put in for the next round of letters. But if they HAVEN'T passed my number I'm supposed to call the NYC Transit back and tell THEM to put me back in. Does that sound right to anyone that's had to deal with it? Seems like two different avenues and I just don't have enough faith in clerical processes or even human competency, sadly, to completely rely on that when this is such high stakes for me. It sounds like with my number I probably wouldn't be past medical and in class until summer or so anyways which is when I'd be ready, but the costs of flying out for PE 3 or 4 times potentially eats up a lot of the savings I would need to be able to pull this off. Any help or words to calm my nervousness would HUGELY appreciated. lol

Thank you, man. I appreciate it. That's probably what I have to do. I'd rather spend more time now to make sure I don't lose it forever. I'm just impatient when it comes to getting life on track. lol Thank you, man. That helps a lot. That's one thing I was worried about is going for the PE and drug test, then getting back only to immediately get the notice for the medical and have to come right back. Getting it in one shot would be hugely helpful, and if it's not til after the new year I'll have vacation time with the job here again I could use to help with it. That'd be great if it works out that way. Thank you!

Hi all! Just signed up to post but before I get to my probably over-long post, I just wanted to say thank you, sincerely, to all that post on here. It's helped me prepare and plan in ways I can't even say and I appreciate everyone keeping the lookout and helping each other. It's awesome to see. I'm #18xx on the T/O list and I have probably a unique situation. I'm actually living on the opposite side of the country in Oregon and have been flying in for MTA tests and the like. I've been stuck out here for six years now since my wife passed from cancer and I had to move out here with my then 3 year old son where I had family to help with him, and then I've been stuck in a job that pays well enough to keep my school loans at bay and rent and not much else, and I've been holding on to hope that an MTA position was my ticket to getting back to living where I love now that my son's older. And holy s@@@ am I surprised at how fast this has come. I haven't gotten a letter yet, but it sounds like it could be on the way since it takes a couple extra days to get to me out here. I was expecting at least another six months to a year before I'd have to start planning, and it kills me to know that I'm just not ready yet. I need to save more money for how I have to tackle this from across the country, and I need to get my health better before I go in for it. Currently my blood pressure is on the high range of stage 1 hypertension and my BMI is 40 or so when it looks like from reading here it needs to be below 35, so I still have work to do. I guess what I'm posting here for is some kind of advice or reassurance about deferring for 3 or 4 months if I can. I absolutely couldn't live with myself if I let this opportunity go, it's literally my last hope at being able to function in life, but I also think if I try to rush it right now it might fall apart or I won't pass the medical and then I'm screwed for sure. If I understand right, I can tell the DCAS to defer my name for now, and then call them up to reinstate me when I'm ready and then hopefully they'll bring me in with the next round after that? I hope that's how it works, but it seems waaaaaay too easy to defer it like that, and nothing in my life has been that easy so it makes me anxious about the whole thing. I feel like I'm walking on eggshells or about to drop a grenade or something. lol If anyone has advice or know that all that should be okay, I would be so grateful. But regardless, it's so cool to see it moving so fast and so many here are getting such a good break in life. Feels good seeing that, and gives me hope when I'm pretty much depleted of it. It's hurt so much being away from NYC and I'm ready to come back so badly, and my son's super excited about moving back too. I can't wait, which is why it's going to suck so bad to push it back for another four months or whatever and eat more crap at my current job, but if it works out in the long run so be it. Anyway, sorry for probably rambling and congratulations to those that have made it so far!