The MTA slapped 1,955 suspensions and dismissals on its subway operators and conductors for wrongdoing — including boozing it up, running red signals and sleeping onduty — in the last three years, a 45 percent surge in punishments.
A small cut in dutyon beer - offset by higher taxation of alcopops -(among other measures) is unlikely to compensate for the effect of cheap booze sold by supermarkets.