Taking a page from from Sen. Bob Graham’s playbook, media-hungry councilman and constant MTA critic John Liu will start working an everyday job once a week, an aide says. Liu calls them Work Days, Graham called them Workdays.
First, he’ll sit in as a Family Court judge in Brooklyn. Will his decisions be binding? How does that work?
But, next week Liu could be standing in for a New York City Transit track worker and toil in the “hole.”
“He's going to do the track training next week, so he can work on the
subway tracks during the day,” an aide says.
At first, these kinds of stunts all seem more photo-op than anything else. But Graham always used to say they kept him grounded with everyday citizens.
Track work sounds pretty tough, so the Tracker is wishing him the best. And bring your own water!
-- Chuck Bennett amNY.com
Comments (2)
I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Liu. I'd love to bring him to a subway repair shop to fix a subway car. He can see first hand how hot it is in our shops and how poor the ventilation is. In the past, I had the pleasure of escorting Senator Malcolm Smith and City Council Member Darlene Mealey around the Jamaica Maintenance Shop. The invite is open.
Joe Campbell
Division Vice Chair
Car Inspectors
TWU Local 100
Dear Joe Campbell,
Thank you for inviting CM Liu to visit the Jamaica Maintenance Shop. Please let us know how to reach you so we can discuss details.
John Choe | Chief of Staff
Office of Council Member John C. Liu
The Council of the City of New York
646-296-1455