NYC Bus Drivers Fight MTA Over Pay After Being Attacked Protecting New Yorkers
Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY A Brooklyn bus driver hailed as a hero after being slugged and slurred while trying to protect an elderly Asian couple has been denied workers’ compensation by the MTA — all because the attack occurred during his coffee break. Tommy Lau, 63, has been out of work since March 23, when police said he was spat upon, punched and hit with a racial slur while intervening during a mugging. Lau was in uniform while on the 30-to-60 minute break at 86th Street and 25th Street in Bensonhurst when he said he spotted a man trying to snatch groceries from the couple.
Source: thecity.nyc