Union Mourns Station Agent Harrichand Persaud, 69

Another beloved Station Agent, Harrichand Persaud, 69, has succumbed to the virus. Brother Persaud had 30 years of service with NYCT. While working on the J line as lunch relief in late March he felt ill, and went out sick two days before a scheduled vacation. The vacation turned out to be a battle with the coronavirus. He passed on April 11th at North Shore Hospital.

His son, NYPD Officer Dewan Persaud, said his father “was planning on retiring but never got around to it. He enjoyed going to work and being with his co-workers.” Brother Persaud leaves his wife, Dianne, son Dewan and a daughter, Shivana. Station VP Lynwood Whichard called Brother Persaud, “an old soul,” and said he would be greatly missed.