https://gothamist.com/news/mtas-plan-to-shutter-subways-overnight-draws-divisive-response
MTA’s Plan To Shutter Subways Overnight Draws Divisive Response
The MTA will end overnight service indefinitely from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to try experimental cleaning methods and to remove the homeless, which they say are a safety hazard during the COVID-19 pandemic. While some advocates say this is the right move, others fear this is the end of the city’s 24-hour subway miracle.
“If the MTA and the police handle this correctly, this will ensure that our members on the overnight shift can clean the stations and trains without having to contend with the mentally ill and homeless,” TWU Local 100 spokesperson Pete Donohue wrote in a statement. “This is exactly the type of aggressive and dramatic action we wanted to better protect our members from contracting the virus from people camped out in the system.”
THANKS JA 17 GIZ for going after the lowest hanging fruit! Doing spots that will not last even last 24 hours. NYC is empty and you go for the pussyist spots there is: stations, and still rolling 3+ deep. As Norman Vename would say, I find this highly wack.
