Saritha Komatireddy: An Open Letter to New York’s Transit Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2026
Contact: Team Saritha
Email: Press@SarithaForNewYork.com
A 30-year-old transit worker tried to stop a man who was urinating on the platform at Times Square Station, when the man slashed the transit worker multiple times and escaped on the next train.
This is not the first time something like this has happened. Every year, thousands of transit workers are assaulted and harassed just for doing their jobs.
The union has called for tougher penalties for transit crime. So I worked with legislators to write a bill that imposes tougher penalties.
The union has said criminals like this deserve to go to jail. So I announced a Transit Crime Strike Force to prosecute criminals like this and put them in jail.
I see the conditions you are working in every day. You are on the frontlines of our public safety crisis — you spend every day dealing with the homeless, the mentally ill, the drug addicted, and the repeat offenders. It’s not fair and it’s not safe. I will prosecute transit crime, remove repeat and violent offenders from the transit systems, and stop fare evasion. Doing so will make the trains and buses safer for workers and riders.
That is why TWU Local 106 and TWU Local 252 have endorsed my campaign for Attorney General, and I’m honored to have their support.
All transit workers have the option to vote for someone who is going to make your workplace safer this November. I am the only candidate in this race even talking about transit safety, and I am the only one who will do something about it. Join me, and together we will create a safer, more affordable New York.
Saritha Komatireddy is a candidate for New York Attorney General.
