Kenneth Wright, Caretaker at Gun Hill and Former Operator, Dies from COVID-19

Kenneth Wright, who worked as a Cleaner/Caretaker at the Gun Hill Depot in the Bronx and was a former Bus Operator out of Quill, died after contracting COVID-19.

Wright, 56, joined NYC Transit in 2011, after working two decades as a Corrections Officer. He was a Bus Operator out of Quill for several years before being reclassified due to a heart condition, Sukhy Singh, the Quill Chair, said.

“He was a good guy,” Singh said. “He came to every event or trip that we had. He was a people person." Wright was always willing to lend a hand when it came to posting union flyers or distributing material in the depot, Singh said.

Stanley Hayes, Plant & Equipment Chair for the Bronx, said Wright was very well liked up at Gun Hill too. “Every time you saw him, he’d be smiling,” Hayes said. “The man smiled no matter what.”