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Bloomberg. I'm not an essential worker folks. What I do know is they're out there in each city each and every day.

Patrick Foy writes her to CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority

over his brave essential workers and he joins us right now.

Pat Foy, I thought it was wonderful that the young lad on his way to Regis mentioned the West End line,

the sea beach line, the subway of another time for Dr. Fauchy.

What did he say to your employees yesterday?

Well, Dr. Fauchy introduced himself to our employees as Tony from Brooklyn, and the most trusted person in America urged all transit workers, all MDA employees for that matter, to get vaccinated. I thought it was a powerful message coming from him.

I invited him when we talked in that call. He told me about his commute and the sea beach line, which is a term that

resonates with M. T. A. Old timers. But his message is for all M. T. A. employees and

top, frankly, for all New Yorkers and Americans get vaccinated. The issue now is the

supply of vaccines as Governor Cuomo has made clear. A lot of reason to be optimistic with

the new president in place from a vaccination point of view and frankly

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