NYU study finds 89% of MTA workers were harassed or assaulted during pandemic

Nearly half of the 1,300 workers who responded reported being the victims of physical assault, with nearly 70% of female workers saying they had faced violence from the public.

The MTA disputed the findings, saying that the authority's own statistics show that just 11% of city workers had documented incidents of harassment or assault since 2021.

Mohammed Quader, who was bludgeoned with a hammer while on the job in 2022, stated, "It's happening almost every day. Most of them are unreported."

Epidemiology professor Robyn Gershon noted that the pandemic caused a breakdown in societal norms, stating, "COVID was almost like letting the cat out of the bag, all bets were off."

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