An MTA supervisor who was attacked and nearly pushed onto the subway tracks in Manhattan is outraged that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is prosecuting the case as a measly misdemeanor.
An MTA supervisor who was attacked and nearly pushed onto the subway tracks in Manhattan is outraged that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is prosecuting the case as a measly misdemeanor — despite a new law requiring assaults on transit workers be charged as felonies.
The “shocked” supervisor is demanding Bragg deliver justice and upgrade the charges against Nnamadi Okoro, 34, who was arrested in the incident. The on-duty employee had finished inspecting the 96th Street subway station and was waiting for the train to take him to his next inspection at the 125th Street station when he was ambushed around 3 a.m.“I was fairly close to the yellow line because the train was approaching the station. When he pushed me, I was able to prevent falling,” the 10-year MTA veteran recalled. “I jumped back to the stairway and told him I was an MTA supervisor. I pulled out my badge and ID.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg needs to “provide maximum possible justice for the victim, including consideration of banning the attacker from NYC Transit,” said Transit President Richard Davey.Under the 2022 law, criminals found guilty of assaulting a transit worker could face up to seven years in prison.
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