Drunk investment banker arrested after slugging MTA worker in face: officials

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Jean-Francois Coste, 53, was in the Stillwell Avenue station on Coney Island around 12:15 a.m. when he punched the 56-year-old operator as she began her shift, cops said.

Tanya McCray, 56, was leaving the “crew room” on the public mezzanine when she saw Coste – a senior equity analyst at Tocqueville Asset Management – trying to get inside, an MTA spokesman said.

McCray, a 21-year veteran of the MTA and train operator, fought back and began striking Coste with her lunch bag, which had a thermos inside, the spokesman said. After another transit worker came to her aid, the banker ran away down the train platform. Jean-Francois Coste was arrested and charged with assaulting a transit employee, harassment and menacing.McCray, who suffered bruises and was taken to a local hospital, said she hopes her attacker is punished.

The Transit Workers Union plans to make a show of force at Coste’s court hearing, the spokesman said.

 

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There R reports he was put on leave by his employer. Jean-Francois Coste' needs to be fired; PERIOD. Employer is taking a risk having this dude in their offices; what have his coworkers had to deal with? If he applies for other jobs his name (& ACTIONS) R on the internet forever.

are you certain this isnt Steve Bannon? He is wearing 3 levels of clothing

Take him out in the shower...!!

From what I understand, telling a white guy 'no' is a felony as well.

In his defense, she's got a punchable face.

Life in prison. We need less of those guys around

MTA ‘worker’?

been in that coney station on a one off. didn't punch anyone. no one in the top 20% income lives in coney island.

He was just putting her in her place like any should be doing.

She obviously deserved it

I hope you will follow this story,&criticize the DA when they release this affluent yet violent guy . Something tells me that will not happen.

So it wasn't a homeless person.I'm surprised you ran the story

That MTA worker must've been a retail investor.

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Good. It's unacceptable.

are MTA workers also showing up at all the Subway attackers court cases or are hey just concerned when one of THEIR employees gets hurt

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