N.Y. may shut down bus co. that makes women sit in back
Private Transportation Corp. operates the city's public B110 bus under a franchise arrangement. N.Y.C. DOT told the operator to stop forcing women to give up their seats in the front to promote Hasidic customs of gender separation.
NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Transportation plans to shut down Private Transportation Corp., which operates the city's public B110 bus under a franchise arrangement if it does not end its practice of making women give up their seats in the front to promote Hasidic customs of gender separation, Reuters reported.
The B110 bus route travels through sections of Brooklyn that are heavily populated by Orthodox Jews. For the full story, click here.
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