In all the years taking the subway in New York, this is the first time I got to see the cleaning crew in action.
The MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) contracted workers to help disinfect the NYC subway during the pandemic.
It is a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. Public transportation cleaning work is usually scheduled to be done overnight. I was surprised to see a grandma cleaning the subway around midday during my visit to Coney Island last Monday.
As I watched her to scrub away grime, with so many young people jobless, I couldn't help thinking of why is grandma doing this work in our nation's largest transit system?
