Transit leaders are speaking out against assaults on subway conductors, bus operators and other workers after a recent video showing a shocking attack on a conductor in Brooklyn over the weekend grabbed the attention of MTA authorities. "It was disgusting and appalling," said Andy Byford, the new president of NYC Transit. "We are not gonna tolerate this depressing tsunami of assaults on our staff." Byford stood with transit union leaders Tuesday as they held up a wanted poster of those suspected for several other assaults that have happened in the months before Saturday's early morning attack. In that incident, a conductor had just announced the A train at Grant Avenue would be running express, skipping the stops riders had been waiting for. Angry riders descended on a conductor through an open window, shouting and then punching him, video shows. 3 NYC Hospitals Land Among 20 Best in America, Report Says Tony Utano of TWU Local 100 says he plans to post the … [Read more...] about MTA Leaders Condemn Attacks on Transit Workers After Shocking Video of Assault on Subway Conductor Goes Viral
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Cuomo Insists NYC Should Pay Half of Ambitious $37B Subway Fix Plan
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday New York City should pay half of NYC Transit President Andy Byford’s ambitious plan to fix the subways. The MTA has yet to officially name a price tag for the massive transportation overhaul introduced in May, but it hasn’t disputed estimates in the $37 billion range. New York City's delay-ridden subway system would undergo a massive overhaul in a fraction of the time originally estimated for it, with new signaling and new subway cars along with a new fare payment system, according to the “Fast Forward” proposal introduced in late May by Byford. The MTA is NYC Transit's parent agency and would have to decide whether or not it goes forward. 10 Most Shocking Stories From NY Rideshare Drivers Revealed Pexels/CC After Byford said Tuesday that he’d asked the mayor to help pay for it, Cuomo reiterated Thursday his often-disputed claim that the city owns the subways and is legally obligated to pay. He said that 50-50 is … [Read more...] about Cuomo Insists NYC Should Pay Half of Ambitious $37B Subway Fix Plan
NYC transit pushing to fire bus driver who told boss he ‘would oil her down’
A Bronx bus driver and former union big who told a supervisor he wanted to “oil her down” can’t slip away from a sexual harassment case she lodged against him. In a blistering opinion issued Tuesday, an appellate court threw out an arbitrator’s decision that let bus driver and union official Tony Aiken avoid a firing because his lewd remarks did not “rise to the level” of sexual harassment. Judge Sallie Manzanet-Daniels, who wrote the decision for the five-judge panel, lambasted the arbitrator decision as “irrational” and for taking a “’blame the victim’ mentality” that “belies the realities of workplace sexual harassment.” The arbitrator’s decision, Manzanet-Daniels wrote, “emboldens future harassers to engage in pernicious misconduct, knowing that they are likely to receive little more than a slap on the wrist as punishment.” Senate hopeful Mayer again called out for harass … [Read more...] about NYC transit pushing to fire bus driver who told boss he ‘would oil her down’
NYC Transit skipped maintenance visits, delayed ‘trouble calls’ for its security cameras, audit reveals
NYC Transit can’t keep a close eye on its security cameras. An audit of the transit authority’s security cameras found that regular checkups were lacking, while there were “trouble calls” for security equipment that took too long to address, according to state Controller Tom DiNapoli. “The MTA has not always performed preventive maintenance or repairs on a timely basis,” DiNapoli’s audit, covering January 2014 through July 29, 2017, said. The audit looked at records for 223 cameras at 10 stations, finding one-third of preventive maintenance visits, 1,328, were never made. At those stations, the auditors also found that only 215 of the 330 scheduled visits were made to check up digital video recorders connected to those cameras. For “trouble calls” about video system equipment, 26% of the 9,223 notices to transit’s Electronic Maintenance Division were addressed but took longer than the three-day target window. … [Read more...] about NYC Transit skipped maintenance visits, delayed ‘trouble calls’ for its security cameras, audit reveals
NYC Man Discovers He’s Not His Pooch’s Only Owner After Dog Runs Away During Nor’easter
For the last three years, you wouldn’t find Kenneth Colson without his spaniel mix, Myko. The pair would ride the subway from their Far Rockaway beach house to Manhattan. They'd head to church together. He napped with the 54-year-old's cats. The little pup Colson called his "selfie buddy" even liked to sit perched on his shoulder. Dad Trolls Daughter's Proposal With Huge 'Say No' Sign “We were so attached," he said. "He was like my right arm." But the night Myko slipped out a cracked front door during last week's nor'easter and wound up at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station, that all changed. NJ Man's 'Beer Belly' Turns Out to Be 30-Pound Tumor That’s because Myko -- which Colson adopted from an acquaintance -- actually belonged to another family who lost him and spent three years wondering what had happened to their beloved dog, which they named Jack. “It’s been a roller coaster, all the way up and down to the bottom an up … [Read more...] about NYC Man Discovers He’s Not His Pooch’s Only Owner After Dog Runs Away During Nor’easter