Monthly MTA Workplace Violence Incidents by Penal Law Offense

Monthly counts of employee-reported workplace violence incidents against on-duty MTA staff, categorized by New York State Penal Law offenses. The data is reported pursuant to New York State Labor Law Section 27-B and published by data.ny.gov. Records begin in 2019, with the latest update noted as March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in workplace violence by Agency and Penal Law Measure over time using the Month and Total columns.
• Compare incident rates across different MTA operating agencies (Agency) for resource allocation.
• Model seasonal patterns in workplace violence Totals using the Month column for predictive safety planning.
• Assess the distribution of Penal Law offense types (Measure) reported across the MTA network.

Strengths

• Data is structured with clear categories: Agency, Measure, Total, and Month.
• Provides a multi-year time series beginning in 2019 for longitudinal analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count and total volume of incidents are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Geographic detail is limited to agency-level, lacking precise location data for incidents.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Aggregated from monthly reports of employee-submitted incidents as required by New York State Labor Law.

Time Range

Beginning 2019

Freshness

Updated monthly, with a last recorded update in March 2026.

Geography

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) network in New York State.