Mayor Adams Meets TWU on Safety

Friday, July 8, 2022 -- Mayor Eric Adams met with Local 100 President Tony Utano and Secretary-Treasurer Richard Davis at the Quill Depot to discuss ways to combat the assaults and abuse being inflicted on Bus Operators and our members working in the subway.

ATU Local 1179 President Jose DeJesus and ATU Local 1056 President Mark Henry also joined the meeting focused on improving workplace safety and better protecting transit workers on the job.

“This is just so important to come here and sit down and speak with the union reps that represent the members on the front line,” the mayor said after the sit-down.  “You can’t deal with crime sitting behind your desk in City Hall. You have to speak with those who are impacted, hear their ideas, and that’s what we did today.”

The Mayoral meeting came a day after Utano and Davis, also the Local 100 Safety Director, announced that teams of MTA police are now riding some bus routes. “I believe we are making real progress,” Utano said Thursday. “We’ve made a big push to get police on buses, but we need more, and we need involvement from the NYPD.”