The number of assaults on transit workers has been on the rise for at least the past four years.
NEW YORK -- An MTA safety report obtained by CBS New York shows assaults on transit workers were up 39% in the first eight months of year and are on pace to surpass last year. It continues a concerning increase that has been happening since at least 2019.CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas filed a public records request for previously unreleased videos to show what the workers have dealt with over the past few years when taking you from point A to point B.
'Why is it that the number of employees assaulted continues to increase?' McNicholas asked MTA CEO Janno Lieber.'That is a really important question. Here's what the MTA has done: We were the principal advocates and proponents of tightening the law that allows us to do transit bans for people who attack MTA workers,' Lieber said.
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