Cuomo: 24-hour NYC subway service back
on May 17 as part of NYC regional reopening
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MAY 7-MAY 13, 2021 5
BY MARK HALLUM
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced
on Monday, May 3, the longawaited
return of 24-hour service
on subways after showcasing a plan
for regional reopening as over 7 million
New Yorkers across the state are
vaccinated.
Starting May 17, Cuomo said the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
could cancel the 2 a.m. to 4
a.m. shutdown, which was originally
instituted for aggressive COVID-19
cleaning efforts as well as removing
homeless people from the system.
“I can’t tell you how many New
Yorkers say to me, there were fewer
homeless who are now on the trains,
because when they closed in the evening
for a couple of hours at night,
they did the cleaning and they refer
the homeless to supportive services,
which is what they needed in the first
place,” Cuomo said.
“Nobody wants the MTA to now go
back to the old days. So I told the MTA
– for my two cents – 24-hour service,
yes, but trains must remain clean and
we have to help the homeless, and we
can’t go backwards on the quality of
service,” he added.
Transport Workers Union Local
100, which represents up to 40,000
MTA employees, had some concerns
about the resumption of the New York
City staple of overnight mass transit
service.
“Felony assaults are up 42 percent
this year compared to three years
ago – when there were 3 million more
people using the subway every day,”
Local 100 President Tony Utano said.
“Restoring 24-hour subway service is
a great idea, but the city has to add
more mental health services, homeless
outreach and uniformed police officers
to the system. Too many transit
workers and riders are being harassed
and assaulted right now with the current
hours of operation.”
Cuomo reconciled the possibly false
pretense of cleaning surfaces when the
scientific community has known for
months COVID-19 does not spread via
surfaces by explaining that the effort
instituted under his direction made
people feel better about riding while
giving homeless New Yorkers options
between the streets and shelter.
“Riders organized and won back
24/7 subway service. After more than
a year of punishing overnight commutes
that impacted tens of thousands
of essential workers, New Yorkers will
see a long-overdue return to a crucial
part of normalcy,” Riders Alliance
Executive Director Betsy Plum said.
“New York is a 24/7 city because of our
subway. The restoration of 24/7 service
is a victory not only for the city’s
reopening but for New Yorkers’ determination
to hold our public officials
accountable.”
Riders Alliance rallied with Senate
Majority Leader Charles Schumer on
Sunday calling for the restoration of
24-hour service.
Reach reporter Mark Hallum by email
at mhallum@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4564.
24-hour subway service is set to return on May 17, 2021. Photo by Mark Hallum
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