"I saw first-hand some of the issues highlighted in our audit during site visits, and I am deeply concerned about the poor conditions we observed," said Cort.
"Inspectors found subway emergency exits were littered with hazards, including a hatch that failed to open from the inside, structural defects with concrete ceilings and walls reported as 'severely cracked and decrepit.'"
"Emergency exit paths need safe and unobstructed emergency exit doors, stairwells, walkways alongside elevated tracks, and walkways in subway tunnels..."
"Even in areas 30 feet above street level, the handrails were so loose that 'if significant weight were to be put on the handrails, they would not hold,' according to the report."
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