MTA meltdown! Serial copper thief triggered hundreds of subway delays
From nypost.com
Officials revealed the wire-grabbing spree caused the Grand Concourse tunnel traffic lights to switch from green to red — ultimately delaying over 755 subway trains on the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lines. “The primary driver of October’s weekday on-time performance decline was a series of atypical vandalism incidents, including three committed by the same individual,” NYC Transit president Demetrius Crichlow revealed during an MTA board meeting Wednesday, according to Gothamist. Velez couldn’t evade the cop-pers and was apprehended on October 14 after he was observed by MTA construction workers climbing over a gate and ...
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