Dean Goldman Joins Assemblyman Espaillat to Announce Plans for Safety and Security Upgrades at the 168th Street Subway Stop
On August 14th EVP and Dean Lee Goldman joined local Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat (D-Washington Heights) and others to announce new safety and security improvements at the 168th Street subway station. Assemblyman Espaillat was able to secure $500,000 from New York state for the project which will consist of improved lighting added video surveillance. The 168th Street station serves the A, C, and 1 trains and is the second busiest stop in the system north of 96th Street.
Left to Right: Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat; Lee Goldman, Dean, CUMC;
Helen Morik, NYPH Vice President for Government & Community Affairs
Left to Right: Lee Goldman, Dean, CUMC; Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat; Helen Morik, NYPH Vice President for Government & Community Affairs; Inspector Wilcox, 33rd Police Precinct; Norbert Sanders, Dr. Norbert Sander, President of the Armory Foundation
Speaking at a press conference, Dean Goldman thanked Assemblyman Espaillat for making the funding possible and noted how important these planned improvements are for CUMC. Roughly half of CUMC’s employees use the subway to get to work each day.
Dean Goldman and Assemblyman Adriano were joined by Helen Morik, Vice President of Government and Community Affairs for New York Presbyterian Hospital, Norbert Sanders, President of the Armory Foundation, and Inspector Jason Wilcox, Chief of Manhattan Transit for the New York City Police Department. All noted that this station serves a world class medical center and it should be a world class station. While more work needs to be done to make that happen, and Assemblyman Espaillat pledged to keep pushing for further improvements, these upgrades will make the station a safer and more secure place for the staff, faculty, students, patients, and visitors who use the subway.
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