NYC Subway Crews Hit Hardest by Coronavirus, MTA Numbers Show
MTA employees clean subway tracks at 96th street station, last stop of Q line during COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, NY – May 6, …
TWU’s 10-Point Transit Plan For a Reopened New York City
The Transport Workers Union of Greater New York, Local 100, and the Transport Workers Union of America Have Jointly Announced the Union’s 10-Point Plan to Enhance Transit Worker and Passenger Safety in a Reopened New York
MTA employee exiting last stop of subway line at Coney Island Brooklyn. – New York, NY: May 12, 2020 (Shutterstock)
Joint Statement by Transport …
41 Transit Workers Dead: Crisis Takes Staggering Toll on Subways
The M.T.A. has been criticized for its response to the outbreak. Now a staffing shortage has made it difficult to keep even a diminished system running.
NEW YORK, USA – MARCH 21, 2020: Empty subway station with few pedestrians as the result of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic outbreak in New York …
A tale of two agencies: NYC transit workers to receive nearly 250,000 N95 masks to protect against coronavirus; correction officers still fighting for PPE
By Thomas Tracy and Larry McShane, NY Daily News
As transit union workers cheered the arrival of 250,000 N95 masks Saturday, angry corrections workers
NY’s first MTA employee tests positive for coronavirus
By Clayton Gus, NY Daily News
An MTA employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, the first reported case among the agency’s workforce of
Rising Subway Door Surprise Openings Still Rare But Jarring
By , THE CITY
The MTA last week pulled nearly 300 of its newest subway cars out of service after doors on a …