Chandler-Waterman, TWU rally for stronger safety measures for transit workers
Brooklyn Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman and the 58 th Assembly District Safety and Mental Health Taskforce have joined the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU), stakeholders and leaders in rallying for stronger safety measures for Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) workers following the recent stabbing of train conductor Myran Pollack who was critically injured and currently remains in critical care. Chandler-Waterman, the daughter of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants, who represents the 58 th Assembly District in Brooklyn, said on Tuesday that this incident occurred along the #3 and #4 lines at the Utica Avenue Station in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. “This incident highlighted the need to continue activating for continued mental health programming and measures to support impacted individuals and deeper implementation of enhanced safety actions, designed to create safer working environments and protective measures of all of New York’s public service workers every day,”...