MTA Workplace Violence Incidents Reported Under NY Labor Law, Beginning 2019

Monthly counts of employee-reported workplace violence incidents against on-duty MTA employees, as defined by New York State Labor Law Section 27-B. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in May 2026. It categorizes incidents into groupings as reported under the state labor law.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in workplace violence by Agency over time using the Month and Total columns.
• Comparing the frequency of different Contact Type incidents across MTA agencies using the Agency and Total columns.
• Forecasting future incident reports for resource planning using the Month and Total time-series data.

Strengths

• Data is structured with clear columns (Contact Type, Agency, Month, Total) for straightforward analysis.
• The dataset provides a specific legal definition for incidents, ensuring consistent reporting under NY Labor Law Section 27-B.
• It is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total data volume are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Employee-reported incidents collected pursuant to New York State Labor Law Section 27-B.

Time Range

Beginning 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 15:13:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) network, New York State, USA.