Union Files Class Action Suit Against Service Cuts on the C, F Lines
By running fewer trains, the MTA is exacerbating crowding conditions on platforms and inside trains during a pandemic, resulting in a health hazard. The MTA cut service systemwide in April 2020 on all subway lines as ridership plummeted to approximately 300,000 a day. It has restored service except on the C and F lines. Ridership has grown significantly with more than 1.9 million passengers on Thursday, March 12, 2021, a pandemic record.
TWU Local 100 Vice President Eric Loegel and Miguel Acevedo, president of the Fulton Houses Tenant Association, are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Watch Attorney Arthur Schwartz make the union's case on our Facebook channel.