by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 10 – Gene Russo was working as a New Jersey Transit ticket collector of June 1, 2019 when he was punched by a passenger and injured his rotator cuff. He sued.
It emerged on January 10, 2024 that the New Jersey Transit Police do not routinely patrol NJT trains between New York City and Secaucus, as they do not have police jurisdiction in New York. For this they have an arrangement with Amtrak Police, but it seems they do not patrol.
NJT Police Captain John Hennessy was on the witness stand on January 10 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jennifer H. Rearden. Inner City Press was in the courtroom.
Hennessy admitted, as he had during a deposition, the loophole in policing, between New York and New Jersey. Will it be enough for, or a part of, a jury verdict for the plaintiff?
The case is Russo v. NJ Transit Rail Operations, Inc., 22-cv-1751 (Rearden)
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