Leaders from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will join MTA staff and volunteers and elected officials in distributing tens of thousands of free pink masks throughout the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and NYC Transit subway system.  

Media will have the opportunity to get photos and video of the Mask Force.

WHEN:

TODAY, Tuesday, Oct. 19 

SCHEDULE: 

NOTE: Approximate times are below. Media wishing to make stills or video of leaders distributing pink masks should plan to arrive early as some of the leaders will be boarding trains and buses and departing the listed locations.   

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.: Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi and Assembly Member Amy Paulin, Senator Shelley B. Mayer and Metro-Man at Tuckahoe Metro-North station, Tuckahoe, N.Y., WESTCHESTER COUNTY  

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng and MTA General Counsel Thomas Quigley at Penn Station, MANHATTAN  

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: NYC Transit Interim President Craig Cipriano and MTA Chief Customer Officer Sarah Meyer at 42 St-Times Square Subway station, turnstiles at 42nd St and Seventh Av, MANHATTAN 
 
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng and MTA Police Explorers (high school students), Jamaica LIRR Station Mezzanine, QUEENS 

CONTACT: MTA Press Office, (212) 878-7440