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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, APR. 22-28, 2022
BXR
letters & comments
Security and safety should be
higher priorities than system
expansion for MTA riders
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
To the Editor,
The horrible shooting on an
NYC Transit subway train in
Brooklyn revealed a fatal flaw
in the MTA capital and maintenance
programs. How long were
the Brooklyn 36th Street/4th Avenue
subway station security
cameras not working?
NYC Transit will never return
to 5 million-plus pre COVID
19 riders until customers
feel safe and secure. One solution
is to assign a transit police
officer to ride each train and patrol
all stations. Security cameras
must also be installed and
in working condition for all
6,400 trains, 5,500 buses and 473
stations. Adequate funding must
be budgeted to insure all of these
physical assets are in place, inspected
and maintained to insure
they are operational 24/7.
These are a higher priority
than initiating new system expansion
projects such as the $6.9
billion Second Avenue Subway
Phase 2 and $2.6 billion Metro-
North Bronx East Penn Station.
Suspend any system expansion
planning feasibility studies to
fund Gov. Hochul’s proposed
multi-billion Interborough,
Brooklyn to Queens new subway
and others. NYC Transit, bus,
subway, MTA bus and Staten Island
Railway, Long Island Rail
Road and Metro-North must
have reached a state of good repair
for existing fleet, stations,
elevators, escalators, signals, interlockings,
track, power, yards
and shops, along with all safety
and security assets. This should
also include insuring a majority
of subway and commuter
rail stations are in compliance
with the Americans With
Disabilities Act. Maintenance
programs for all operating
agencies’ assets must be fully
funded, staffed and completed
on time to ensure riders safe
uninterrupted reliable service.
Larry Penner
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FYI Around The Borough
A heartfelt donation from children to Triboro Center residents
On Tuesday, April 5, kids from
P.S. 236 in Mill Basin, Brooklyn,
made a beautiful donation of a
variety of gifts to the Memory
Care Unit at Triboro Center on
Teller Avenue in the Bronx. The
children donated a total of seven
baby dolls for the Unit’s doll program,
two fidget blankets, two
bubble poppers and three wooden
puzzles. P.S. 236 and the 405-bed
skilled nursing facility have created
a partnership that just began,
and it’s the school’s way to have
the school and students pay it forward
towards the geriatric population.
Recreation Director Rose
Ferreira at Triboro Center is planning
to build a pen pal program
with the students from P.S. 236
coming sometime this year.
“These kids are simply adorable
and for them to give like this,
says so much about the love for the
elderly, especially for those who
sadly suffer from dementia,” said
Ferreira. “After this, to doing pen
pal program with these kids will
continue this genuine relationship.”
Gift donations. Photos courtesy Centers Health Care
(l-r) Director of Social Services Samantha Golembo, Memory
Care Unit Recreation Leader Dariana Marte and Stephanie
Minier, assistant director of Recreation.
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