MTA conductor Ben Schaeffer dies from COVID-19
A veteran MTA conductor has died from the coronavirus.
Ben Schaeffer, of Midwood, died on Tuesday, April 29. The Local 100 RTO conductor vice chair was 57.
According to the Transport Workers Union Local 100, Schaeffer had been on a ventilator at Maimonides Medical Center. They had been seeking plasma of any blood type from a male donor who had tested positive for COVID-19, recovered and had not had symptoms for 14 days.