On August 8, 2019, at approximately 6 p.m., the OIG met the MNR Security Manager for GCT, at a room designated as “CPRR #14” (Room #14) located at the lower level of the north end of track 114 to check for the room described in both complaints. The MNR Security Manager for GCT’s master key did not work for Room #14, so he summoned the supervisor of the locksmith shop (the Supervisor).
The Supervisor, who is not a licensed locksmith, explained that he did not have a key to Room #14 because GCT Administration limited room access to licensed locksmiths because it was a locksmith storage room.
the Supervisor returned when an off-duty locksmith reported to Room #14 with his foreman and opened the door. The outer room contained locksmith supplies. Inside the same room, there was an interior room with a locked door. On the door was a handwritten sign which read “foreman’s office.” The locksmith, the foreman, and the Supervisor denied having a key to the interior room—the Unauthorized Breakroom—so the locksmith had to change the cylinder to open the door.
There was a wall-mounted flat screen television connected to a streaming device and a cabinet just below the television that appeared to be constructed to conceal the television. There was a futon couch and a second cabinet that appeared to have been designed to conceal the futon.
Three people, a wireman, a carpenter foreman, and an electrical foreman, used the room, the IG's office said. Metro-North has suspended three employees without pay, pending resolution of their disciplinary charges. few would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central Terminal & make it their very own man-cave, sustained with MTA resources, and maintained at our riders’ expense.”
The room was deemed a fire hazard by the IG's office, given how difficult it was to access.
The MTA is also mapping out all rooms in Grand Central Terminal.
The Supervisor, who is not a licensed locksmith, explained that he did not have a key to Room #14 because GCT Administration limited room access to licensed locksmiths because it was a locksmith storage room.
the Supervisor returned when an off-duty locksmith reported to Room #14 with his foreman and opened the door. The outer room contained locksmith supplies. Inside the same room, there was an interior room with a locked door. On the door was a handwritten sign which read “foreman’s office.” The locksmith, the foreman, and the Supervisor denied having a key to the interior room—the Unauthorized Breakroom—so the locksmith had to change the cylinder to open the door.
There was a wall-mounted flat screen television connected to a streaming device and a cabinet just below the television that appeared to be constructed to conceal the television. There was a futon couch and a second cabinet that appeared to have been designed to conceal the futon.
Three people, a wireman, a carpenter foreman, and an electrical foreman, used the room, the IG's office said. Metro-North has suspended three employees without pay, pending resolution of their disciplinary charges. few would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central Terminal & make it their very own man-cave, sustained with MTA resources, and maintained at our riders’ expense.”
The room was deemed a fire hazard by the IG's office, given how difficult it was to access.
The MTA is also mapping out all rooms in Grand Central Terminal.
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