Steve Cohen has "worked out a deal with the three unions that represent Citi Field seasonal employees such as food service workers, janitors and security guards" that stipulates if he is approved to become the Mets owner, he "would pay each $500 a month this offseason to financially assist those who did not work a single game amid the pandemic," according to Joel Sherman of the N.Y. POST. The deal "would cover 1,140 workers over five months," so "basically $2,500 per person between November and Opening Day." That is a $2.85M commitment if Cohen's "ownership is approved." Cohen's representatives "initiated these conversations and negotiations were swift." If approved, Cohen also "already had promised to take the baton from current ownership," which is "restoring full pay to front office workers who accepted cuts during the season." MLB's ownership subcommittee has "begun to meet to discuss" Cohen's $2.4B agreement with Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz to purchase the Mets. That vote is "expected in November," though MLB "has not made public any firm plans yet for when it would be undertaken" (N.Y. POST, 10/14).
