Comments on: Advocates, politicians protest station agent cuts

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:42:14 +0000

Good thing then that the MTA isn't planning on cutting the station agent at Flushing Ave. For a full list of station agent cuts, check out the comptroller's new site.

By: Grrrumpy Miner

Grrrumpy Miner — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:23:32 +0000

OK lets paint this scenerio.Tuesday Morning 9:30 AM Flushing Ave G station.Customer with a bad hip and disabled wants to go to Greenpoint Ave and needs to go Queens-Bound and voila,NO agent after the cuts.IF this goes thru,customer would have to walk back upstairs go to Smith/9th bound platform and give his ticket to the agent,than proceed to Myrtle-Willoughby and walk down and up four extra flights of stairs that they don’t need to and wait for another G train that passed them for 10 mins.In wasting 15 mins to go thru all that;one clerk at the queens-bound side could erode at least 15 mins and discomfort in walking up more stairwells than they need to.So if you cynics call it saving money,good for you but put yourself in that customers position.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:32:27 +0000

What about people with baby carriages and things that can’t go through the turnstile or the HEET? There will be a local mainstream media backlash of human interest interviews lower class borderline overweight mothers holding one kid in their arms and another by the hand talking about how they can’t get the baby carriage into the subway anymore. There will be prompt action by elected officials after that to ensure their reelection.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:49:01 +0000

I don’t know about the salaries, but that would also be an interesting backdoor way for the city (which pays the cops) to bail out the MTA (which pays the station agents).

By: Fairness

Fairness — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:42:43 +0000

First, yes they got multiple raises because they were behind in there contracts. Second, it was a big myth that rookies were making no money. My cousin was a rookie in the first class that had that new lower pay scale and she made 70k her FIRST year on the job.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:29:41 +0000

Rookie cops were making under $30,000 recently. Did they get a big raise?

By: Fairness

Fairness — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:08:46 +0000

Cops make over 20k a year more minimum and have MUCH better benefits than a station agent.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:11:54 +0000

I’d rather have a cop down there overnight. I bet their salary is less than the agents’, too. Win-win.