Police are searching for the man who punched an MTA employee several times in Queens.<\/p>\n
The attack happened Wednesday on the southbound E platform inside the 71st Avenue subway station around 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the man got into an argument with the MTA employee and then punched the worker several times in the face before getting away on an E train.<\/p>\n
The 51-year-old MTA employee was taken to the hospital and was said to be stable.<\/p>\n
The union representing transit workers spoke out on Friday outside of Bronx Supreme Criminal Court where they demanded change and justice for one of their own.<\/p>\n
The criminal trial is now underway for Isaiah Thompson who is accused of slashing a subway conductor in June of last year.<\/p>\n
There have been at least seven reported attacks on transit workers on buses and in subway stations across the city since the start of the year.<\/p>\n
Union leaders say while the NYPD beefed up patrols in the subways last year, the attacks persist and more needs to be done.<\/p>\n
“We don’t feel that the folks who attacked us and assaulted us are given adequate prison sentences, hopefully that stops today,” said Chris Drummond with TWU Local 100.<\/p>\n
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