Gounardes hears from riders about subway mess
Politicians often visit subway stations during campaign season to greet riders, shake hands and ask for votes. But State Sen. Andrew Gounardes had a different reason for spending Tuesday morning at the New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street station.
Gounardes, a Democrat representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and several other Southwest Brooklyn neighborhoods, arrived at 7:30 a.m. on July 23 and stood just inside the entrance of the station looking for feedback from riders on subway service.
The city’s transit system has been plagued in recent years by frequent service disruptions, computer glitches, switching problems, delayed trains, trains being detoured or going out of service, flooded platforms in rainstorms and other problems.