AGENCY TESTIMONY
Formation of multi-agency working group to address subway surfing
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Rampersant describes the formation of a multi-agency working group to address subway surfing behavior. The group was expanded to include various city agencies and partners.
- Initial working group formed by NYC Public Schools and NYPD with MTA
- Expanded to include Department of Youth and Community Development, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Department of Probations, and NYC Law Department
- Goal was to consider a multitude of strategies to address subway surfing
Mark Rampersant
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In response last year, New York City Public Schools, along with the NYPD, started a working group with the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the MTA, to address this behavior in an effort to ensure that a multi a a multitude of strategies were considered, the working group expanded to include agencies and partners from across the city and across sectors, including the Department of Youth and Community Development, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the New York City Department of Probations and the New York City Law Department.
