Union Holds Press Conference to Highlight Assault on Station Agent

Flanked by Station VP Robert Kelley, Adm. VP Alexander Kemp, and Div. Chair Nicolette Browne, Pres. Chiarello addresses the media on the assault against a Station Agent. Behind them is her image on a monitor.
Flanked by Station VP Robert Kelley, Adm. VP Alexander Kemp, and Div. Chair Nicolette Browne, Pres. Chiarello addresses the media on the assault against a Station Agent. Behind them is her image on a monitor.

JULY 1 -- A press conference was held today at the union hall to highlight the case of Marshalee Reid, a Station Agent who was assaulted by two women at the New Lots Avenue Station in Brooklyn. At about 1:15 p.m. On Saturday, June 28th, Station Agent Reid was providing customer service when she was jumped by one lady who had vaulted the turnstile and another lady who used the gate to enter the station without paying.

Miss Reid was thrown to the ground. She suffered facial lacerations and a swollen hand. At the time, the Station Agent was recovering from brain surgery which took place last year. She was on restricted duty at the station.

At the press conference, Local 100 President John Chiarello said that he had not received any calls about assaulted station agents from MTA CEO Janno Lieber, and encouraged Mr Lieber to call him and coordinate efforts to surge more police into hot spots, where Station Agents and other TWU Local 100 members are at risk.

Vice President for stations Robert Kelley demanded at least a seven year prison term for the assailants, as did Ms. Reid, who took questions from reporters via zoom conference call. Kelley said that the police were now taking these crimes more seriously. “They used to give out desk appearance tickets,” he said. “Now these perpetrators are being arrested.”

The two women who are being sought in this case were captured on surveillance video and photos.