Transportation
Can Subways Ever Really Be Rat-Free?
In New York, legislators debate whether a bill banning food will cut down on the city's vermin.
In late January, the New York State Senate proposed a bill that would prohibit eating on the New York City subway system.
Joseph Lhota, the new head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority opposed the idea because, he said, it would hurt minority children who eat in the morning. He also said some less than flattering things about the bill's sponsor Bill Perkins, saying “as a legislator, he does nothing but talk and talk and talk, and he does nothing.”