A bill was referred to the Senate Transportation Committee earlier this month. It has the support of Senators Espaillat, Huntley and Oppenheimer which aims at stopping the consumption of food on any subway, station and platform under the control of New York City Transit.
Over 15,000 surveys were distributed, in the mail, on-line and in-person at train stations. People's passion for this issue was evident wherever we handed out surveys. Within days of our mailing, we received stacks of mail from constituents who had taken the time to fill out, stamp and mail back our surveys. The response was overwhelming.
This is to address the growing problem of rats, waste management is an issue with programs aimed at cutting down on trash by removing garbage cans from subway platforms and installed rodent-resistant bins, and uses rat poison in non-public areas.
Campaign aimed at the effort:
Jim Gannon is a spokesperson for TWU Local 100 even came up with ‘New Yorkers Deserve a Rat Free Subway’ campaign. The prize for having the foulest rat photo is a month-long MTA Metro Card, valued at $104.
Report of women bitten:
On September 5th 2011 an unidentified women was bitten by a rat waiting for Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall "J" train at the Chamber street station EMS rushed the women to a downtown Hospital were her condition was not released. Reported by Luck Funk
Subway workers wear heavy gloves, long sleeves and boots as a safety precaution, because the encounter with rats can be costly.
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