MTA bus drivers need police safety as metropolis crime continues to extend.
Kevin C. Downs for The New York Put up
MTA bus drivers are asking the town and state cops to not neglect about them — because the Large Apple’s consideration continues to give attention to the crime on the subways.
“We’re averaging one violent assault per week. Sadly, we’re simply not getting the police safety we'd like,” union chief Sean Battaglia stated at a press convention on the Kingsbridge Bus Depot in Inwood on Wednesday morning.
Battaglia, who's the Manhattan division vice chairman for Transport Staff Union, referred to as on the NYPD and MTA police to be assigned to journey buses across the metropolis and for the transit company to purchase buses with closed-door cockpits to stop assaults and harassment.
The push for extra police presence on above-ground public transit comes roughly two weeks after a bus driver within the Bronx had liquid thrown of their face and was knocked to the bottom by two irate riders.
One other bus driver who was attacked with a department again in February stated on the press convention that her expertise compelled her to inform her daughter to not journey public transit.
“I don’t let her journey the bus or practice anymore as a result of it’s not secure,” Sacha Alvarez, 39, stated on the press convention.
Up to now this yr, 15 bus operators have been assaulted and 542 have confronted numerous types of harassment, in accordance with MTA knowledge. It was unclear if this yr had seen increased figures with the transit company’s knowledge solely going again to 2020.
“We'd like police to cease and look and see what’s happening with us, not simply the trains,” TWU Vice President Donald Yates stated.
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