{"id":235656,"date":"2021-04-26T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/prominent-nyc-labor-leaders-call-for-more-subway-cops\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:00:32","slug":"prominent-nyc-labor-leaders-call-for-more-subway-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/prominent-nyc-labor-leaders-call-for-more-subway-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"#Prominent NYC labor leaders call for more subway cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Prominent NYC labor leaders call for more subway cops<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A group of the Big App<\/a>le\u2019s most prominent labor leaders is getting behind a major transit union\u2019s call for more cops on the subway \u2014 saying the system no longer feels safe and urging the city to protect its everyday \u201cheroes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a letter to Mayor de Blasio issued Sunday, reps for hundreds of thousands of workers who rely on public transit to get to the kind of jobs that kept the city running through the pandemic \u2014 including grocery store employees, retail workers, city employees, and, of course, transit workers \u2014 called for an increased police presence in the transit system \u201cat least in the short term.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is, right now many of our members don\u2019t feel safe riding or working in mass transit. This is unacceptable,\u201d the officials wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one should be afraid to use these basic transit services, especially the heroic women and men in our ranks, who have sacrificed so much to keep the City going during one of its darkest hours. They have been riding day in and day out, and they deserve better,\u201d it continued. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have rightly called our members heroes; now is the time to put your words to action and have their backs underground.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter was signed by Mario Cilento of the New York AFL-CIO, Vincent Alvarez of the NYC Central Labor Council, District Council 37 President Henry Garrido, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union President\u00a0Stuart Appelbaum,\u00a0and others. <\/p>\n

Subway crime rates dropped in March compared to the previous month, according to newly-released NYPD stats \u2014 but remain far higher than where they stood pre-pandemic. <\/p>\n

There have also been many recent high-profile subway attacks \u2014 including a spate of straphangers being shoved into the tracks \u2014 that are even more noticeable with ridership down amid the pandemic. <\/p>\n

\u201cSome weeks, crime numbers are up and at intolerable levels; other weeks, the data looks better,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cBut one thing remains the same \u2013 the system just does not feel as safe as it used to, or as safe as it could be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Subway crime rates dropped in March compared to the previous month, according to newly-released NYPD stats \u2014 but remain far higher than where they stood pre-pandemic.<\/figcaption>
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The union leaders said cops should be stationed at \u201cthe places where assaults, robberies and other incidents happen.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cStationing cops at the turnstiles helps no one,\u201d they wrote.\u00a0\u201cWe need extra police who are actually visible to riders to help deter crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

TWU Local 100 \u2014 the largest transit union in the city \u2014 has been pushing for greater police presence in the system for years, citing a spike in attacks on transit workers.<\/p>\n

Subway conductor Terence Towler told The Post on Sunday that he\u2019s been out of work since Feb. 7 dealing with the after-shock of an assault at Lexington Ave.-59th Street station.<\/p>\n

An irate rider who had been preventing the train from leaving the station tried to yank Towler\u2019s head through the window of the conductor\u2019s cab \u2014 and wound up poking the six-year MTA veteran in the eye.<\/p>\n

Cops were MIA at the time of the attack, and never caught the perp, Towler said. He expressed frustration that his alleged attacker was only wanted for harassment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to go back to work,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a train conductor now. I want to be train operator and possibly go higher than that. I want to go far in transit. But I want my life to be taken seriously by the police department and my employer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subway conductors like Towler aren\u2019t the only MTA workers suffering. In December, station agent Kumar Narinder, 70, was bruised and bloodied after being shoved onto the tracks in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was inches from the third rail,\u201d Narinder said at the time.<\/p>\n

Bus workers have also reported an increase in attacks. On New Years Day, bus driver Charline Alston was assaulted by a man who smashed her window and started punching her in the head.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this happened to a police officer, it\u2019d be quick judgement: \u2018Oh, we can\u2019t have that,’\u201d Towler remarked. \u201cBut it happens to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new union pressure on de Blasio comes after he batted away MTA leadership\u2019s push for more cops on the transit system, which he claimed was \u201cdiscouraging\u201d people from returning to the subways and buses.<\/p>\n

NYPD Transit Chief Kathleen O\u2019Reilly echoed Hizzoner\u2019s position in comments to the MTA board last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will hinder rider confidence is continued fearmongering,\u201d O\u2019Reilly said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a disservice to New Yorkers to advance the narrative in crime is soaring in the subways, when it\u2019s simply not the case.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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