Not only does Lee Sander actually ride the rails he’s charged with running, he’s not shy for a photo-op with the pols who routinely make headlines for blasting his agency.
Lee Sander on Saturday stood with perennial MTA critics Rep. Anthony Weiner and Councilman Eric Gioia to announced a plan to fix the fencing around the Long Island Rail Road.
Weiner ecured $500,000 in federal funds for the project after 13-year-old Ari Kraft was killed by an oncoming track while tagging near the tracks.
Now, MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow only went to public event with the likes of the mayor and governor and then only to announce multibillion capital projects.
What a difference in style between Sander and Kalikow.
And Gothamist notes that when Natalie Smead fell through the LIRR tracks, the MTA just blamed her drunkenness. With Kraft’s death the agency went into overdrive to fix the problem of shoddy fencing.
-- Chuck Bennett
