The stabbing of a station cleaner at the Times Square-42nd Street subway station this week underscored the growing cooperation between transit workers and law enforcement through the New York State Public Safety Alliance, as union leaders call for greater protections for public servants facing violence on the job.
The 30-year-old MTA cleaner was working around 10:30 p.m. Aug. 24 when he encountered a man urinating on a station platform, according to police. After the cleaner asked the man to move so he could access the area, the two became involved in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical fight.
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