Subway Derailment in Manhattan Injures Dozens
Mr. Cuomo released a statement on Tuesday night, saying
that under Mr. Lhota’s leadership, he hoped to address the “fundamental issues plaguing the transit system.”
“While the investigation is ongoing, this morning’s subway derailment is an unacceptable manifestation of the system’s current state,” Mr. Cuomo said.
I really don’t want to get back on a train.”
The cause of the accident was under investigation,
but Joseph J. Lhota, the newly named leader of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subway, said the train careened off the tracks after its emergency brakes were activated.
In 2015, a G train derailed in Brooklyn, injuring three people, when pieces of a crumbling wall fell on
to the tracks — an accident subway officials said amplified the need for infrastructure improvements.
On Tuesday night, local A train service was restored between Columbus Circle
and 168th Street in Manhattan, but C train service remained suspended in the area.
Mr. Cuomo did not visit the derailment site, as he did when a Long Island Rail Road train derailed in January; his office
said he traveled on Tuesday morning to Albany, where he called a special legislative session to begin on Wednesday.