MARCH 8, 2015
NEW YORK (AP)
A maintenance worker has been killed on the job at the Coney
Island Houses in Brooklyn. The houses
are the property of the NYC Housing Authority.
New York City Housing Authority Chairwoman Shola Olatoye
(Oh-LAH'-twoh-yay) says the authority is "deeply saddened by the
loss" of 31-year-old Toni Jackson on Saturday.
The authority did not provide any details of the accident
that killed Jackson.
Jakwon (JAY'-kwon) Rivers, a shop steward with Jackson's
union, Teamsters Local 237, says a faulty hoist fell on her.
Rivers is demanding an investigation into safety practices
at the authority.
He says Jackson was the mother of two children.