State legislative leaders should oppose a renewed Transport Workers Union (TWU) push to require two-person crews on every subway line that currently uses them, argued a constellation of good government and business groups in a Wednesday letter.
In the missive, the coalition urged State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and three chairs of relevant committees to shoot down the TWU Local 100-backed effort to prevent the MTA from expanding one-person train operation (OPTO) to more subway lines. Most subway lines currently operate with two-man crews, except for the three shuttle services and certain lines during off-peak hours.
