Transport Workers Union Local 100 blasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plans to shut down subway token booths for three 30-minute stretches each day while Station Agents are on their meal breaks, leaving stations without the "eyes and ears" to keep employees and customers safe at a time when both are more vulnerable due to the marked decline in ridership.
In written testimony submitted to the City Council's Transportation Committee, Local 100 President Tony Utano said the agency's push for the closure of hundreds of token booths came as subway workers, despite the pandemic, were increasingly attacked.
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