NY Post: Subway agents to get pulled

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Unman your stations
Subway agents to get pulled

By SHARI LOGAN and TOM NAMAKO

Last Updated: 4:59 AM, September 9, 2009


Riders, beware: It'll soon be much easier to get lost underground.

In less than two weeks, 86 stations around the city will lose 282 "customer assistants" -- the red-vested agents who formerly staffed token booths but now dole out information and also serve as the subway's late-night eyes and ears.

Stops from Grand Central station to Jamaica will see fewer agents as part of a massive long-term MTA plan to shave $52 million from its budget each year.

Manhattan is the hardest-hit borough, losing agents at 63 booths, many in stations heavily used by out-of-towners.

They include six at the 42nd Street stations at Grand Central, Sixth Avenue, Times Square and Eighth Avenue.

"It's going to be war," Mary Davis, 20, a cashier from The Bronx, said at the Union Square station yesterday. "There's going to be no order down here." .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/unman_your_stations_wX8mvFO3wdlgnmx8BGGzFO

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1. I could understand if they aren't missed.

Granted, my experience with the NY subway is somewhat limited but my memories of subway employees is lasting.