Posted on 08/21/2020 3:58:32 PM PDT by karpov
A spate of over 400 smashed subway windows in four months has the MTA on the verge of a glass shortage, transit officials said Friday.
“We had a reserve of glass when this wave started in May. We’ve run through the reserve,” MTA spokesman Tim Minton said of the rash of vandalism.
Since May 14, transit workers have reported 31 separate instances of broken windows on the 7 train, internal records obtained by The Post show.
Smashed windows have also turned up on the 2 and 3 trains, MTA safety exec Pat Warren said — costing the agency more than $300,000 so far.
“While there’s vandalism across the system at any given day or time, this recent rash of windows appears to be consolidated in a couple of lines,” Warren told The Post.
“With the MTA being in the financial condition it’s in, that is not a worthwhile thing for us to be putting money towards.”
Video posted from last Saturday shows cracked glass on a succession of doors and windows on a 7 train in Queens. The MTA said 39 individual windows were destroyed in the incident.
The glass-smashing has led to 61 train cancellations and over five hours in cumulative train delays, according to MTA records.
“Any train that’s broken, it has to be taken out of service,” Warren explained.
“That means that at any given time in the short term, our customers are going to be short a train, which means they’re going to have more crowded conditions.”
Officials warned more service impacts could be coming due to delays in acquiring replacement glass.
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There had better not be a federal bailout of mass transit. There will be more riders if cities reopen and police the subways to keep them safe.
“Let them cover the windows with Saran Wrap!” - Mayor DeBlasio de Antoinette
Replacement windows isn’t the answer.
Respect for the law starts at the top. Hizzoner doesn’t have any at all. At his own whim, he had the “BLM” graffiti painted on the street in front of Trump Tower. No city ordinance or law was passed.
Where do the 7, 2, and 3 trains run?
New York is just reverting to itself from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Gritty, brutal and somber New York.
Pull the trains from service. Riders can walk, bike or use expensive taxis.
Just get plywood. It’ll match the storefronts
Since this is New York, plywood replacements for the windows would seem appropriate.
It may cost extra, but plywood that's been pre-decorated with gang taggings could be a comforting touch.
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Actually shut them down and say that it’s all the fault of vandals or rioters. Hey, if people can say that it’s all the fault of even one person not wearing a mask, then I see nothing wrong with scapegoating rioters and encouraging people to be angry at them.
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
— English Proverb
In use at least as early as 1839.
Trashy, lowlife leftists in NYC vote Dem, live in squalor from derelicts defecating and urinating on subways and on sidewalks and BLM supporters rioting and looting.
Watch for DeBlasio and Cuomo to say “That cruel Trump refused us federal money to take care of this humanitarian crisis here.”
Let them stay in the squalor their evil produced.
You beat me by 3 seconds, my FRiend.
Nice. Well played.
There is a real bird that does that. I forget what it’s called.
this should encourage some culling of those wanting to feel the wind on their face
Why don’t the police stop them? Oh...Wait....they got rid of the police. Get used to misery I guess...
"...Q: Where do the 7, 2, and 3 trains run?..."
Some connected glass company is paying somebody to break windows.
The 7 train goes from Queens into Manhattan to 34th St. The 2 between Bronx/Brooklyn and the 3 Harlem/Brooklyn.
And Michelle thinks Trump and the Trump people are the haters.
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