Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill into law imposing stiffer penalties on anyone who assaults a transit worker. NatDuddridgeTV reports.
The governor signed the bill at the Jamaica Bus Depot, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reported Monday.
Milliner, who said he has worked for the MTA for 25 years, said he's seen an increase in assaults targeting transit workers since the COVID pandemic started. In 2022 so far, there have been 118 assault - up 23 percent from last year - and more than 2,500 incidents of harassment. Video from May 5 shows a Bronx bus operator being kicked and punched by two people.
The bill makes it a second-degree felony to assault a transit worker. It passed unanimously in the State Assembly. The State Senate passed it 62-2. "We need more security. We need more police on buses," said Natalie Pierre King, an MTA bus operator. "A customer come on the bus and was upset that the driver wasn't driving fast enough, because he's learning, and spat on me," King said.
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