The dream of many? MTA Employees Installed Modern Cave Under New York’s Grand Central Station | The NY Journal

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At least three Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees converted a storage room underneath the rail platforms of Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal into a private “man cave,” complete with a futon, television, exercise equipment, refrigerator and Beds.

“Many New Yorkers have fantasized about relaxing with a cold beer on a prime Manhattan property, especially one so close to good transportation, “MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny said in a statement.

But few would have the nerve of seizing a secret room under Grand Central Terminal and turning it into his own man cave, sustained with MTA resources and maintained at the expense of our passengers ”, added.

Three employees – an electrician, a carpenter and an electrical foreman – have been suspended without pay pending the resolution of disciplinary cases.

According to Pokorny’s office, the secret lair under runway 114 was hidden behind a door closed, within a larger storage room.

The management of the train station told investigators that they didn’t know the room physically existed, much less how it was being used. The Metro-North security manager did not have a working key to access the room.

The Inspector General’s office determined that Metro-North Security took no action to investigate the initial complaint over the room. An investigation was opened more than a year ago after receiving multiple anonymous complaints, he said. NBC News.